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[โ€“] EarMaster 13 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/an-east-german-border-guard-offers-a-flower-through-a-gap-news-photo/71303552?language=en-us

Gesture Of Friendship

BERLIN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 1989: An East German border guard offers a flower through a gap in the Berlin Wall on the morning of November 10th 1989, when it fell. (Photo by Tom Stoddart/Getty Images)

[โ€“] Flummoxed 5 points 8 months ago

Thank you! It makes a bit more sense now. The fall of the wall is an early memory for me, first time I really appreciated how big the world was and that not everywhere is like here. Everyone was so joyous!