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    Twenty Years After The Wall

    By planewriting  |  Posted November 7, 2009  
     

    I was stationed in West Germany when the wall came down.

     

    The euphoria of the collapse of communism and the unification of Germany since the end of World War II was soon met with some stark realities.

     

    The cost of rebuilding the infrastructure of the former East Germany and the disparity in quality of life between the separated people revealed much work would need to be done.

     

    As the Trabi became ubiquitous on the well-maintained West German autobahns, it was not long before I started to see T-shirts proclaiming, "We Want Our Wall Back."

     

    What would a report card on progress reveal after 20 years?

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