It was pure emotion. Completely surreal. I even saw some rather embarrassing things that night and in the following days. I saw my fellow countrymen lining up diligently to get the money the West was offering as a welcome greeting. After standing in lines all their lives in the East, the first thing they did in the West was join another line, instead of enjoying the moment, I found it mortifying.
1989 Berlin: Out of One Queue and Into Another
On the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, NPR played recollections of one West Berliner who was there that day. They were mostly sentimental, although this quote stood out from the rest:
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