Comments on: How I Ignored the Berlin Wall http://whenawake.com/2009/11/the-berlin-wall/ Thu, 03 Mar 2011 16:49:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Stephen Rothman http://whenawake.com/2009/11/the-berlin-wall/comment-page-1/#comment-66 Stephen Rothman Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:32:58 +0000 http://whenawake.com/?p=385#comment-66 In addition, three other minefields, which hamper Germans from engaging in an all-out celebration of November 9th: November 9th, 1918 -- Kaiser Wilhelm abdicates and goes into exile two days before Germany surrenders, bringing an end to World War I and heralding years of post-war political and economic instability that ultimately culminated in the national socialists coming to power under Hitler. November 9th, 1923 -- Hitler launches an ill-fated putch to bring down the Weimar Republic. November 9th, 1938 -- Reichskristallnacht, in which the Nazis, now in power, burned synagogues, attacked Jews and vandalized Jewish property and businesses all across Germany. November 9th is a date of enormous historical significance for Germany, most of it not at all positive. In addition, three other minefields, which hamper Germans from engaging in an all-out celebration of November 9th:

November 9th, 1918 — Kaiser Wilhelm abdicates and goes into exile two days before Germany surrenders, bringing an end to World War I and heralding years of post-war political and economic instability that ultimately culminated in the national socialists coming to power under Hitler.

November 9th, 1923 — Hitler launches an ill-fated putch to bring down the Weimar Republic.

November 9th, 1938 — Reichskristallnacht, in which the Nazis, now in power, burned synagogues, attacked Jews and vandalized Jewish property and businesses all across Germany.

November 9th is a date of enormous historical significance for Germany, most of it not at all positive.

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