Officials Warn Against East Germany Nostalgia on Berlin Wall Anniversary
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Our columnist listened to the speech by the President of the Bundestag on the anniversary of the construction of the Wall and thought: The Mauer-in-the-Köpfen talk reveals above all perplexity and ignorance of West German professional politicians about the mood in the East.
On the anniversary of the construction of the Wall, Federal Chancellor Merz called for the defence of freedom and democracy. 65 years ago, the GDR leadership had the Wall built, wrote Merz. Today, the country was united longer than it had been divided by the Wall.
65 years after the construction of the Berlin Wall, the longing for the GDR grows with some. Personal memories of a good life are legitimate. It becomes dangerous when the reality of the dictatorship comes into the background.
The GDR is an unjust state? Question of dispute. Socialism? Actually a good idea. The left? Democratic partner. 65 years after the construction of the Wall, the GDR ideology has arrived in the middle of society. A shame for a country that is aware of history.
On the 65th anniversary of the start of construction of the Berlin Wall, German politicians have warned against the idealization of the communist regime in the former East Germany and revisionism in connection with the dictatorship at the time.
The official commemoration of the Wall building in Berlin overshadows one topic: the upcoming state elections in the East and the polling high of the GDR nostalgia party AfD.
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