November 9 1989 was one of the most memorable events in history of the present Germany today. It was the time when the walls that used to divide them has been finally torn down. It was the time that they can go back to their families in the West or vice-versa. It was a time of the real liberation of the united Germany. It is the start of the fall of communism in Europe.
I personally have no further knowledge other than that regarding the reason why the wall has been constructed in the first place nor, I am aware of the issues and the events prior to the fall of the wall. But it did remind me of the divided Korea right now. Both were divided countries at the start, but now Germany has already achieve the long awaited unification since 1950s, while the latter, well, the war that they were is still in peaceful slumber.
There were actually 3 countries as far as I know, who became divided countries before. They are: Vietnam, Germany, and Korea. As the first two already achieve their unification, it was still not clear as to when that will happen to Korea. I wonder if it will still happen, considering a lot of factors are already contributing to the complexity of unifying the two Koreas. What do you think?
