{"id":494,"date":"2011-10-03T11:00:46","date_gmt":"2011-10-03T11:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heckerydekkery.wordpress.com\/?p=494"},"modified":"2011-10-03T11:00:46","modified_gmt":"2011-10-03T11:00:46","slug":"what-is-german-unity-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ifuwerehere.com\/?p=494","title":{"rendered":"Germany Celebrates “Unity Day”? Heckery Dekkery Dot Travel Game Postcards for Children . . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"

Berlin is a really \u201cspecial\u201d place! – Berlin ist ein ganz besonderer Ort!<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

From 1961 until 1989, a 12-foot high, concrete wall ran through, as well as around, the city of Berlin.\u00a0 The wall was called the \u201cBerlin Wall<\/strong>\u201d, and there were only a few places called \u201ccheckpoints\u201d where people could get through.\u00a0 One of the main checkpoint places was Checkpoint Charlie<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Checkpoint Charlie<\/p><\/div>\n

\"\"<\/a>The Berlin Wall was meant to keep the citizens of Berlin from moving about freely, but today the citizens of Berlin can move freely again!\u00a0 They are free to do the things that they like to do once more, and this is really special for them!\u00a0 Just think about how you feel when you are not allowed to do something that you really like to do?\u00a0 It isn\u2019t a lot of fun, is it?<\/p>\n

Everyone is happy that Berliners are free to move and to do what they want once again!\u00a0 In fact, there was a big celebration in front of the Brandenburg Gate to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.\u00a0 Lots of world leaders, citizens of Berlin and visitors from all over the world attended this celebration, and those who could\u00a0not attend were able to watch it on television.\u00a0 Maybe you even saw it yourself!\u00a0 You would have liked the giant dominoes that reenacted the fall of the Berlin Wall!\u00a0 Each one of the dominoes was individually painted, mostly by children of Berlin but also by artists from many countries around the world, to represent what the wall meant and its place in history.<\/p>\n

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Das Brandenburger Tor
\n<\/em><\/strong>The Brandenburg Gate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Berlin ist ein ganz besonderer Ort! – Berlin is a really \u201cspecial\u201d place! <\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Von 1961 bis 1989 ging eine 4 Meter hohe Mauer durch und um die Stadt Berlin. Sie
\nwurde die \u201eBerliner Mauer\u201c genannt und hatte nur wenige Stellen, an denen man\u00a0durch die Mauer kam. Diese Kontrollpunkte wurden \u201eCheckpoints\u201c genannt. Einer der wichtigsten war Checkpoint Charlie<\/strong><\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Checkpoint Charlis<\/p><\/div>\n

\"\"<\/a>Die Mauer wurde gebaut, um die B\u00fcrger von Berlin an ihrer Reisefreiheit zu hindern, aber heute k\u00f6nnen sich die B\u00fcrger wieder frei bewegen. Sie k\u00f6nnen jetzt wieder .das tun, was sie m\u00f6chten, und das ist wirklich etwas Besonderes <\/em><\/strong>f\u00fcr alle! Denk mal nach, wie du dich f\u00fchlen w\u00fcrdest, wenn dir nicht erlaubt wird, das zu tun, was du wirklich m\u00f6chtest! Das w\u00e4re \u00fcberhaupt nicht lustig, oder?<\/p>\n

Alle freuen sich, dass die Berliner wieder frei reisen k\u00f6nnen und das wieder machen k\u00f6nnen, was sie m\u00f6chten! In der Tat wurde eine riesige Feier zum 20. Jahrestag des Mauerfalls vor dem Brandenburger Tor veranstaltet. Viele Staatschefs, viele Berliner B\u00fcrger und Besucher aus der ganzen Welt haben an der Feier teilgenommen, und die, die nicht kommen konnten, konnten das Ereignis im Fernsehen verfolgen. Vielleicht hast du es selbst gesehen! Dir h\u00e4tten sicherlich die Riesen-Dominosteine gefallen, mit denen der Fall der Mauer dargestellt wurde.\u00a0 Jede dieser Steinplatten war anders bemalt, meist von Berliner Kindern, aber auch von K\u00fcnstlern aus aller Welt, <\/em>um die traurige Bedeutung
\nder Maurer in der Geschichte zu zeigen.<\/p>\n

Heckery Dekkery Dot Travel Game Postcards for Children<\/strong><\/em> invites you to learn more about Berlin, Germany, at ifuwerehere.de\/berlin_germany<\/a>!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Fun as well as educational . . . . Everyone wins when children learn more about the world around them!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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