look at the control point in the direction of Berlin
left the access road for trucks
right to access for cars
photo Gerhard Bäselt
Every year since the 90 years I have to on Aug 13 at an exciting story . remember
We had the 1995 Order, the Ministry of Finance in Potsdam study on energy savings out. The Ministry of Finance lives since the fall of the wall in the premises of the border troops of the former border checkpoint Drewitz. For on-site inspection, I was the "chief concierge" assigned. We went through each area of 30,000 square meters. "How long have you to do that here already," I ask. "Oh, for the last thirty years," I learn from him. So he was before the fall in the same function. That is almost all caretakers in the Brandenburg case, and therefore were and are the conversations with them, by such great insight.
At that time 13.8. in the 90s, the Prime Ministers' Conference held at the Casino in the former Stolpe Drewitz system. "Since we can never enter," I know. So we go back around the impressive building. Suddenly my companion is standing in front of a door. "This was since the fall, no one inside, I also do not want you in there?" As he looked it -. With a look of fear and curiosity, I had in there "I was sure I would not have to ask," he says a little smile back on.
succeed with extreme force him to open the door and in seconds we are in the night of 9 November 1989 back. The screening room of the border troops has left still moments: the Cabinet-plus cigarette ashes lie in the ashtray, two tunics hang chaotic on two chairs, a Cap is flung in the corner, naked girls posing on posters on the walls, the Calendar has stopped on 9/11/1989 and one of the two giant Czech film projectors is as just on half coil off with pickled 16mm film.
Meopta film projector built in 1951 (photo Meopta)
through a dusty large window we see Stolpe just give a speech, and behind him the white film wall. "No, no, you do not" me begs the janitor, the even an inkling of what happened the same. I press the power button and with a deafening noise, this unit is in motion. On the wall in the conference hall appearance, on which a republic escape exits in the vicinity of the Spandau forest by jeep and machine gun, the shots, the corresponding teacher comment of a man's voice can be heard gestures .. Stolpe, screams, no one knows what's going on here, suddenly, I turn off the thing. This was so professional, the prevention of DDR-flight geübt.Gespenstisch!
left hanging on the wall for 5 rolls of film with the label: Donation 12.Dez.1989 Strausberg. And there they wait well today.
"Why did you not put in order," an unknown voice behind me. Without having seen it, we were behind by 5 men in retirement the now open door diffused. They had obviously worked here earlier and developed a spontaneous idea, how could the "process" here intelligent ......
Discarded rusting children Panzer Treptow Park 2000
What concerns me after such experiences again and again and again and again busy that I had sworn by endless harassment at this very Drewitz point .. If you at some point these guys in this life or beyond will meet privately, then .... And then I go for days almost freundschftlich with one of them, laughing, joking and just get it any more. German unity - so just isses!
ps: most ärgerlich1. I was so moved by the situation that I totally forgot
to photograph .....
most annoying 2: Exactly one year ago - 08.13.2008 - began talks
Andrea Ypsilanti <> THE LEFT. Despite my former and current enthusiasm for
Andrea Ypsilanti, I found this date as a prelude to talks
shameful and forgotten history - it should prove to
than symbolic, unfortunately!
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