We were living in Germany when the wall came down. It was a heady time.. We lived during the years following as Germany was reunified. It was the years of Guten Morgen Deutschland. Optimism was everywhere. When the borders were opened we all move quickly. At the same time, many of us remembered that November 9 was the anniversary of Krystalnacht. http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/focus/k...ristallnacht/

When the sound of Glass was the outing of the same antisemitic current that exists in the USA today. The occupy groups are overtly antisemitic. We need a Guten Morgen America reunification. BUT not at the compromise of principle. We are as divided as Germany ever was. I want to feel the hope in the USA I felt then in Germany. We need a BIG CHANGE

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In a press conference on Nov. 9, 1989 GDR central committee spokesman Guenter Schabowski unintentionally announced that citizens could travel to West Germany immediately. It was the beginning of the end for East Germany. DW-WORLD.DE: German and European news, analysis and multimedia from Deutsche We...