Memorial to Berlin Wall Deaths

jack: 8th Mar 2006 - 02:27 GMT

it is a very disturbing site. all the people are young. and young people are the ones who die in a war. i was south of berlin and our job was to get to berlin within 45 minutes by helicopter and jump right into a war. the soldiers in berlin had a 45 minute life span. once or twice a month we had alerts in the middle of the night and had to get into gear and move out into the black forest and wait for an all clear. or else it was bad news. war. a soldier does not want war he wants peace. but he will do whatever he has to do at any given moment. sorry about that i mean men and women soldiers. at fort dix in new jersey we used to stroll over to the wac's barracks to hopefully catch a glimpse of girls, but we were failures. they had drapes on their windows, phooey.

Carltan: 10th Apr 2006 - 03:46 GMT

yep..yet another sad war sight...i think they should fukin ro sham bo (or hoever u spell it) and see who wins or some shit because this is rediculous...waste of tears and lifes

Tamara: 11th Apr 2006 - 04:39 GMT

I don't want to assume, but I think what Carltan is saying, is that life is too important to waste and unfortunately war has a way of taking good people away and causing havoc in its path. Something we all know.

Looking at the photograph, I have an over whemling sense of sadness. But I think it's important to see images like this, so we can understand the freedoms and liberties that were fought for. I have had family fight in all both world wars and flee through partition. I do apreciate that life that I have, and I am grateful for those who fight everyday to overcome injustice and try to create peace.

Jay: 20th Nov 2007 - 17:55 GMT

I do agree with the responder ( I assume it's a female, but I cannot be to certain). Wars are hard fought to achieve peace between conflicting countries,however, sometimes peace can be realized by diplomacy. And yes, the picture invokes a profound sorrow in me, and it constantly reminds me how much better the present is compared to the old days.

etté: 9th Dec 2007 - 21:50 GMT

to : Jay!
today is better??? Have you got your head in the sand, don't you know that America is sending the best of it's youth to war in other countries and they are being sent back in pieces in wooden boxes, so the fatcat businessmen can make a few extra billion dollars on their financial reports? Wake up and smell the blood!!
http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/59571/

BJ: 9th Dec 2007 - 22:07 GMT

I agree with ette. Looking at corporate war profits in USA and Europe today shows how immoral war is. We blindly send our youth to wherever the powers that be decide, then start shipping them back in body bags - just because some politician says XXX country is dangerous?? How many high ranking corporate fat cats and politicians son's or daughters do you think are on the front line with a gun in their hands at this hour?

Lexie: 3rd Jan 2008 - 14:28 GMT

this is a good idea because all they did is want to be free but then they were killed for that. they deserve this

Emma: 3rd Nov 2009 - 23:05 GMT

The saddest thing is that it was an "unofficial" memorial site, and the Berlin government took all the monuments down about a year ago over the ownership of the land. All that remains now is a green field which isn't looked after, hidden by posters explaining what happened there. I know - I lived in Berlin in 2003 and saw it, I went back in 2009 and it wasn't there. My only hope is that they sort this mess out and bring back a more lasting memorial.

Franny Wentzel: 4th Nov 2009 - 07:54 GMT

I love hearing the duckspeakers quack about 'corporate fat cats' with such feckless abandon.