Sort by Tim Worstall (Free subscription) - 08/11/2009 - YouTube
The former border crossing of "Bornholmer Strasse" was the first point of the "DDR" that opened it's gates to the West on 9th of n...
Sort by Tim Worstall (Free subscription) - 08/11/2009
I date the exact moment to when one of the crowd turns to the senior border guard and says: “Don’t be stupid”. From the moment that those who can arrest, imprison, shoot, are held in contempt, not fear, then liberty has won. And from the Reichstag. And don’t forget the Hungarians. If anyone can find it, I want [...]
Sort by The Dyda Dispatches (Free subscription) - 09/11/2009
It wasn't the beginning of the end of the Cold War; the borders of Hungary and Czechoslovakia had been open for months, and one party rule in Poland had ended in August. Nor was it the end of the end; the USSR would survive for another two years. It was more the bit in the middle of the end. The bit everybody remembers. As the Volkspolizei dithered wondering what to do for lack of orders or any warning...
