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On August 13, 1961, construction workers began tearing up streets and erecting barriers in Berlin. This night marked the beginning of one of history’s most infamous dividing lines: the Berlin Wall. Construction continued for a decade as the wall cut through neighborhoods, separated families, and divided not just Germany, but the world. Konrad H. Jarausch details the history of the Berlin Wall.
Lesson by Konrad H. Jarausch, directed by Remus & Kiki.
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Nice!
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*"Ich bin ein Berliner"* ~ John F. Kennedy, USA President (1961-1963); June 26th, 1963, West Berlin
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TedEd It sounds likes DepEd
That guy with the tank.....legend
Imagine becoming old, getting out of jail and tell to your grandchildrens proudly, "I crash a thank against the berlin wall"
Your profile pic tho...
NaTo?!
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although it was not a "real" tank but an armored personnel carrier BTR-152 it was still a legendary idea
*_O H Y E A H!!!_*
“Otherwise, there were normal people”
5 seconds later
*AND DROVE A STOLEN TANK THROUGH THE WALL*
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Meet the Man Who Escaped the Soviet Bloc in a Homemade Plane
War can make a peaceful individual do the unthinkable.
The bullets can't hit us if we Naruto run
The proper way to deal with communists
I agree
The guy who stole the tank: “I’m gonna do what’s called a pro gamer move”
The ussr is going to commit something illegal
Must have been breaking into Fort Zancudo for practice.
@@chillywilly4473 lol
That was sure a think tank.
@@ruslansadikov6324 lmao good one
East german guard: Wait WHAT THE FU-
The dude with the tank: *Haha tank go brrr*
BAHAHAHHAHAHA
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"""I should say that some people were againts the reunification of Germany , even Margaret Thatcher (UK) , and the French of course, but we declared that we were not going to interfere . This was a matter for the Germans, let them decide """
*Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev*
@@tsitsnikable Ok?
it,s not a tank it,s more like a armored car and it's a botched attempt btw
Gotham chess viewer, right
I just want to know the story behind the guy that stole a tank.
Me too
Me 2
Is a Babushka that found out that her son was hungry but he was in West Germany
Interesting story, but many people have stolen tanks, even in the US.
Respect: +5
my grandma lived there once and told me how she would pretend to whisper into her coat button in front of police booths just to annoy them
LMAO
BYEEE
Omg lmao
Bloody brilliant
Yo! Your grandma’s a badass….
the guy with the tank was called Wolfgang Engels and apparently he met some other ppl along the way and asked, 'I'm gonna go to the West, wanna go?'
"get in losers, we're crossing the border" -wolfgang probably
Imagine if one of the people was a Stasi.....
Plot twist: The Stasi guy also wanted to escape East Germany
The tank he stole was a BTR-152 and it happened in 1963
This guy is amazing.
Engels... hmm... interesting
It's so shocking to me that Germany only reunified in 1990! That feels like barely any time, but Germany seems like such a unified nation now
You can still see the effects of the split here. There are differences in development levels and political leanings, as well as some prejudice from the western part of the country towards the East.
@@mg4361 east berlin has more yellow lights too
When I visited Berlin, I was surprised when I felt like I was in a whole nother country.
Now I know!
I just find it crazy how Germany has been in its modern state for less time than it was divided for
Speaks to the power of Germany! These boys were taking on so many enemies during the world wars. I don't mean to justify war, especially ww2, but they are a powerhouse. Brilliant American scientists you know of are German immigrants.
As a Korean, I wonder whether my country can be reunified like that again. After the fall of Berlin Wall, we were also very enthusiastic and optimistic that same thing will soon happen in Korea's DMZ as well, but no luck. Tensions only getting worse. Always makes me sigh when I think about this.
paul han i wish the complete best for you. I have research a lot into south and north korea and i can only say how much i wish the best can happen for the north koreans.
The north korean people are broken. They need motivation they aren't making monday marches for reunification
As an American, I wish you luck and hope that your country will reunite soon and I hope you’ll remember that a lot of our greatest changes came through times of hardship. Just because times are hard doesn’t mean you should give up hope. If anything there’s a greater chance that people will be fed up with the bad and have that much more drive to do what’s right.
when I watch the movie Taegukgi, I felt great anger and pity, because I don't think you Korean people deserved to be separated like that. sometimes ego and ambition sacrifices something more profound like family and human-relation. Here's wishing you Korean people will someday able to reunite
Paul Han yeah I have a question how did Harry become a wizard
Girl: come over
Boy: i can't, there's berlin wall
Girl: im home alone
Boy: *blitzkrieg* *starting tank engine
borders guard: why do i here boss music
This made me lol
Oh shoot it’s corona virus
*starting Thomas the tank engine
They are Panzer elite!..
Can we just stop and appreciate the animation? These guys are amazing animators.
i love the animation style
IKR If it wasn't for the color difference I would've been totally lost
Remus&Kiki is there channel name
Ya got Kurzgesagt too
Reminds me of Samurai Zack and other genndy tartakovsky animations
When I was in 6th Grade, we were studying the Berlin Wall for one of our subjects.
And my history teacher even had a piece of the Berlin Wall that he showed to the entire class.
Sounds like the fall of Bastille (after which people sold off the fortress fragments)
I wonder how he got it :O
@@hwgoblin The demolition company sold parts of the wall as a souvenir. From small pieces to entire sections.
He had a piece of history
Same, I went to a school in WA state. Wonder if you went to the same? I assume it was common in the 90s. I remember touching the piece and there were speeches by people who were affected by the wall. It didn't make a ton of sense to me as a child.
My mum grew up in eastern Germany while my dad grew up in the west. It's so interesting to hear the completely different stories about their childhood and youth, although they technically grew up in the same country. I still can't imagine how life was back then.
OlO
Wow... Must be interesting asking them "How did you meet each other?"... Like, really. If I were you, I'd definetly ask them.
@@annorakanon they met after the border was opened. My mum immediately went to western Germany to live with a distant relative and start working there. My parents met at my mums work.
My mum often tells me stories about how she got sent things from western Germany as a child and had no idea what do do with them because technology was less developed in the eastern part of Germany.
@@Lena-xz1xw please tell some diffrences between their childhoods and how they grew up. Anything. I am so damn curious.
@@Lena-xz1xw Did your mom prefer east or west? Might be a silly question, but I'm just curious...
4:17 they did not just flew that air balloon, they built it themselves.
The ballon crashed in west Germany and the passengers weren’t sure if they really passed the border and asked the next best person. „Yes, this is the BRD. Did you really use THAT to cross the border“
Best story haha. Those refugees were from Pößneck, pretty close to where I live. My parents told me that story when I was little, they even knew these people ^^
damn, that's interesting
Pretty sure there’s a movie about that
@@diamondowl9321 whats it called?
@@thewordyoulove137 it's called "Der Ballon" in German and I think just "balloon" in English
It's a fantastic film!
When you're just guarding the wall quietly
Then suddenly you hear *boss music*
*haha hot air balloon go brrrrrr*
November 9th 1989:
Berlin Wall: *"East Germany, I Don't Feel So Good!"*
*WE WILL USE TANKS, WE WILL USE HOT AIR BALLONS, WE'LL USE THE DAMN HOMEMADE ROCKETS AND SMASH THROUGH THE DAMN WALL*
*Ghost division starts playing*
lol
The detail with the stolen tank was actually a true story. A man named Wolfgang Engels actually stole an armored vehicle and crashed it through the wall. Fortunately, he made it to safety after people from a nearby bar in the Western half took him to safety.
Hanging out with him in that bar afterwards must have been legendary.
He was destiny for him to got to the bar. I mean, he has the name Wolfgang for crying out loud!
Legend.
That’s freaking hilarious. I like to imagine that he just looked at the keys in the tank, smiled to himself, and thought “oh boy am I gonna have fun tonight!”
So... Engels turned capitalist ?^^
Kennedy once said, “Democracy is not perfect, but at least we do not have to build a wall to keep our people in.”
And look at now America:) i really dispise that wall that he wants to build
@@esmeislame6179 he is not building a wall to keep our people in
Stephen Sungenis but he is..
*to keep people out. Like the Berlin Wall.*
Mexican Tattletail But it is keeping people out in this case illegal immigrants but it is possible to get passed it if you immigrate legally
@@_LHW_ just wondering how does one immigrate legally from there?
The last line in the story is so beautiful: "Today the parts of the wall still stand as a reminder that any barrier we put up to impede freedom, we can also break down."
ALIRO LOVE The wall was to keep out people, not keep in. If you enter illegally, you are arrested, regardless if immigrant or not. It was to preserve the freedom of the people inside. You wouldn’t want strangers in your home. That’s the case for the USA. I’m also saying this as a foreigner not even living in the USA.
@@johannescolin3603 i get where you're coming from, but there's a limit.
There was a point where Trump put in a policy that separated children from their parents if they passed the wall.
Let me put emphasis on that, *he separated children from their parents*.
Afterwards, they tried to justify it, by saying that the children were being treated well, that they were living in better conditions than they were back in mexico, etc, etc.
But that really isn't the point, the point is that children WERE BEING SEPARATED FROM THEIR PARENTS.
Of course, after a while, he fixed it and blamed the democrats-
You know, it's kinda funny, most of the problems he fixes were ones he caused-
Lili Marlene Yeah, that was probably the only thing that I hated about the America Wall, that was a very bad policy.
Dude, your username WTF
@@fiveoclock7829 I mean breaking the law makes you a bad parent. So it's logical stopping criminals from making their children criminals.
Nobody:
Some guy who somehow stole a tank: *haha tank go vroom*
*vroooom*
his name was wolfgang engles and he was a military dude :D
As a Korean too, I wish our countries could reunite again. Schools, Organizations are working so hard to reunite,but the tensions are getting worse and worse.
I think you'll enjoy the movie Joint Security Area. It shows just how fragile the tension truly is.
Hi, I have my degree in Germanic Studies. There's a slight inaccuracy on why the wall opened. It was a mistake made by a journalist announcer about the new travel plans. He missed the briefing on the new regulations and so when asked when this would come into place, he said Immediately. So people listening to the broadcast in East Berlin got excited and swamped the unsuspecting guard station and thankfully let them through instead of conflict. It's hugely famous in Germany, so I'm surprised that was missed.Look up Günter Schabowski for more details!
Eben so wars eigentlich
I'm curious... How did you decide on that field of study?
just to state
that when people talk about history … it is often quite bias
for example if u teach history... you might give it in your own perspective
same as everyone else
Bastion Marshall
Yep.
One slip of the tongue basically changed history and tore down a wall.
Yeah, i was hoping to hear this story on the vid. It was a huge misunderstanding 😅
Some extra info: Of the 5000 people that made it acrosss the wall, 570 were border guards.
Michael Horn lol
Chaitanya Singh I thought I had a scratch on my screen, but it was your profile
No discipline at all :(
interesting...
Michael Horn RLY?
"You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become a villain" - Soviet Union '89
long before the berlin wall, the soviet union had been intentionally inducing famines in countries like Ukraine (leaving 6-10 million people dead) to squash Stalin-resistance, so I just don't really think it's fair to say the Soviet Union as a ruling institution was ever heroic at all.
I die as a communist dictator
@@vsaucepuppet697 I didn't know that many people died in Ukraine- we learnt at school that 5 million died
I actually thought that came from Harvey Dent in Batman lol
USA 🤔
Respect to the person that crashed the wall with a tank without hesitation 😭🙌
Guy: Hey, can I use the bathroom?
Other guy: Sorry dude, Berlin Wall came through my toilet.
Adam ruins everything
Lol
Baka Tako
Ok, what’s that?
Dont you just hate it when a wall just appears in your bathroom?
@Itz_Poof Yeah, I really don't like when that happens.
Capitalism: build walls to stop people from coming in
Communism: build walls to stop people from getting out
Each has their reasons.
@Legend27 Koké Kaboosh.
that's a very nice one
bassically the USA and the DPRK
Legend27 Koké WWHHOOOOSSHH
It’s a double whoosh
Keeping parts of these walls on display is such a beautiful way to preserve history
Literally everyone in the comments talking about how a guy stole a tank
Ikr
Cause its funny
perfect 21st century humour
I just noticed that when the wall was brought down everybody was purple bc west and east where blue and red 👌
That’s good attention to detail
And the smooth animation tho its smooth
small but gold
Nice
"We're a Democratic Republic!"
"OK, can I vote you out and get someone else in? "
"no"
Soooo true
I think you misinterpret the word 'democracy'. That is not about liberty, but about equality, though the terms are connected with each other.
@@floridgold8837 Oxford dictionary defines democracy as a system of government in which the people of a country can vote to elect their representatives. It's not about equality, it's about how government is elected. If you're not voting for your leaders it's not democratic
@@ryanmalady376 Well they did vote for their representatives, just not their presidents.
@@ryanmalady376 a republic is one where they vote for representatives. a democracy is where they just vote on issues outright.
My Parents are both from West Germany and I was born a long time after the fall of the wall. Yet everytime I hear about the fall of the Wall and see pictures of the falll and the people there I tear up. I cant describe it but it makes me incredibly emotional.
I was born here. My dad a US army took down this Berlin Wall and rescued so many people during the process. My daddy drove the tanks. It's cool to keep learning about this. And also such a tragedy for all these lives to be lost. My heart goes out to you
*German Democratic Republic*
Well yes, but actually no
They make people confuse 😂
Democratic People's Republic of Korea, eh?
@@GeraldDeBelen ehh
Bahahahaha
@Lord Farquaad Oh yeah DDR means Dance Dance Revolution
The Berlin Wall is like the Demilitarized zone in Korea. After the Korean War, the Soviet Union took the North while America took the South
ya, we know. don't need to say that.
MusicalAsian the Soviet Union wasn’t in the Korean War it was the Chinese
so there is a chance both of them united
@@joechickenhead6358 yeah but it was still the Soviets who set up north Korea.
Yeah
I visited East Berlin in 1985. We went through Check Point Charlie. It was really interesting to see what it was like. Only a couple of blocks outside of Alexandre Platz the buildings were still not repaired. As we were clearly foreigners no one would talk to us. When we went to a pub for a beer, everyone looked at us and pretended we weren’t there. It was also weird to take the S-Bahn (subway) and pass through abandoned stations were the trains didn’t stop and see armed guards when the trains passed through the stations on the East side of the wall. I watched the wall being torn down on TV and was elated by the celebrations of freedom!
So weird to think. I passed by Checkpoint Charlie today, just going from one side of the street to the other. There's a line on the ground showing where the wall used to be and the checkpoint is still there. It's mostly for tourists but I always think about how surreal it is that this busy street was once the end of the city(s)... Must have been a crazy experience back then...
Greetings from a Berliner :)! I loved this. Berlin is unique and i love having people over from all over the world, to show them why. The topic of the wall feels so intimate and sentimental to me and i’m happy to see that other people are still learning about it 🥰 happy 32 years of union
I'm from Germany and two years ago my aunt was giving me and my cousins tiny pieces of the Berlin Wall as christmas presents from a trip she was on. It got really precious to me, though I do not know any stories about it from my direct family members. Though history wasn't my favorite subject in school I did always understood that it's extremely important to know about it. I've seen some parts of the wall in museums and in Berlin itself and what impressed me was how scribbled they are. There are many graffitis on it and some are displayed as works of art, painted by some artist. By now it's really hard to collect a piece of it.
Last words from a show I love: "History is important, gentlemen. If you can't learn from it, you're destined to repeat it."
Ich bin ein Berliner
Just imagine. Your a guard, everything is completely normal.
And then, you hear tractor noises
*IT'S TANK TIME*
I can image like three guards being bored but still doing their jobs, then they hear those tractor sounds, then BANG a tank crashes though the wall and the three workers run screaming like banshees.
_"The A Team"_ theme music blaring...
thomas the tank engine do kinda be like
yOu’rE
i’m your 1000th like!!
For anyone wondering, Wolfgang Engels was the man who stole an army vehicle to crash to the other side.
Amazing animation! And such a hopeful message, particularly in these days.
The guy that stole a tank and drove it through the Berlin Wall is truly a legend
*AGREED.*
There were weak points throughout the wall that were built to allow a tank to smash through in case they needed to get tanks across the wall
German problems require German solutions.
Is no one going to talk about this amazing art style?
I was stationed on the border in Fulda Germany in April 90. I actually drove into the former east Germany. The roads were really bad and the area was very depressing. It was like driving back in time 30 years.
Impossible not to get emotional, I can't fathom what the people felt at the moment.
Berlin Wall: *Exists*
The people: I’m about to end this wall’s whole career.
Weedlegaming 101 I see ur a man of culture as well
And they did
Border exists, former East Deutschland remains undeveloped without enterprise investment
Weedle I made a messed up version of rocitizens wanna join my name is wolverinefan99
the tank, you mean. 😂
"Mr. Gorbachev...tear down this wall"-- President Ronald Regan. The sledgehammer statement that added to the wreckingball that tore it down.
Yes, important for us to remember.
Sorry, but as a German historian I have to disagree. What really brought the wall down was The Hoff when he sang "I've been looking for freedom" on the wall 😉
I cried with this amazing video 😭 liberty is the most important thing that we take off to ourselves :(
4:18 "I bet you weren't expecting a goddamn tank you losers"- concerned German citizen
Nobody expects the tank inqestion
And he is still alive!! Wolfgang Engels still alive and well!! I can't believe it, I thought he was shot that day lmao. Like how???
@@jepgisdepressed how old is he?
@@RavenMatthew80-81 according to Wikipedia
@@jepgisdepressedhe was actually shot twice that day after his tank got stuck, but west Germans pulled him to safety and a policeman from west Germany got into a fight with the east guard who was attacking him
Ok but can we talk about the art style and color palettes for a sec? It’s so beautiful
Yeah! And the artsyle is so cool, and the animations are so clean, it's a joy to look at :)
Thanks for making this history very clear. You made it easier to understand and not boring
Thank you Ted-Ed 🙌🏼
I have clear insights into the history of Berlin Wall now🤓
I have a small piece of that wall.
Fr????????? Wow thats pretty cool
intresting
same, common souvenir in Berlin
@unknowning unknown wtf is your problem?
Most wall pieces sold at souvenir shops are fake
3:18
_“As the wall expanded, it became more difficult”_
Bird: I see no god
*_OTHER THAN ME_*
*arrogant bird noises*
😂😂😂
Lol 🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😅😅😅😅
Oof
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🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
my mother was in Germany at the time that the wall was torn down and brought my grandmother a small piece of the wall, we still have it in a jewellery box and is very valued in my family.
“Mr. Gorbachev, Tear down this wall”
Thats Propaganda the Germans Thema self done this.
@@nrw64 not really because everyone hates Gorbachev in Russia
Legitimately cried at 4:58 seeing the soldier’s reaction and 6:09. Real message.
Scene at 4:28 hit *so* hard.
Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” - Helen Keller
Exactly
Ken Pabz that is an amazing quote
Elvin deSouza bruh
“Yo bruh wanna destroy Some iro curtians?” - probably Some Guy in the 1980’s
Elvin deSouza no she was alive long before them and wrote books even though she was blind
What a great video. Extremely well made and easy to understand. Thank you.
I started my journey of watching ted ed videos with this video. And still looks fresh as I watched it for the first time.
4:18 I would have loved to see that tank incident happen.
Lucas Chamberland his tank got stuck then he climbed out, got stuck on barbed wire and shot but west Germans pulled him away and brought him to a hospital where he was treated and recovered
ruining ur day How he even get the tank in the first place?
amirullahable I think it was one from ww2 that was just staying somewhere:v
He was an East German soldier who stole an armored personnel carrier from a military base and drove it to the wall.
Here you have the guy who did it:
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My school has a broken off chunk of the Berlin Wall which I allways thought was cool
So do I. Was quite easy to get one if you visited Berlin in 1990, just find a bit and break off a chunk!
Sehr witzig
Lucky fellow something unique, .
I remember my history teacher in middle school told me about the worst mistake is his life.
When the Berlin wall was about to fall, he and some of his friends where in high school, and when they realised that stuff was about to happen in Berlin, his friends asked him if he wanted to take the night train to Berlin and see what would happen. We live in sweden, so it's a long ride, but my teachers friends thought it was worth it. My teacher declined their offer. His friends where in west berlin when the wall fell, and they later told my teacher what an amazing and emotional experience. People flooding from east into west, laughter and endless amounts of joy, families and friends that had been separated for decades being reunited.
My teacher told us that his decision to stay behind that night would be the biggest regret of his entire life, and to always take chances if you can, because you dont know for how long you will regret it later.
Imagine having a regime so bad that you have to build a giant wall to keep your people in
"Freedom has its difficulties and democracy is not perfect, but we never had to put up a wall to keep our people in."
- President JFK of the United States
Ok since the video was very superficial in the end (even though its such a good and intersting story): On 9th november 1989 the DDR Press speaker Günter Schabowski made an anouncement saying that a new law was set in place that enables all citizens to leave the DDR (what he misses to say: citizens have to apply to leave). Next he is asked when this law will be in force and he answers "To my knowledge... thats... right away, immediatly.". Fifteen minutes later the west german television (which could be and was watched by most east germans) declared in regards to Schaboskis statement that the wall is open. Thousands of citizens go on the streets in order to leave, but the guards withstand the crowds to arround 11 pm. Then the borders are finally open.
So a badly informed press speaker makes a mistake, west german media brings the news to the east german people and suddenly the east german regime has no other choice than to give in. It was a coincidence, but it probably whould have happend either way months or years later, because of the common protests, low moral and the generally bad state the Soviet Union was in.
Schattenmaler That's amazing
Germany was really blessed !
A great coincidence
one has to wonder was it a mistake or was it all planned .....who knows...
To think to this day, that televised celebration was regared as the end of the Cold War in the West and the eventual downfall for USSR.
The rise and fall
of Berlin Wall.
It rhymes.
Correction
"The Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall"
Let’s listen to...
The rise and fall of the Berlin Wall,
It tumbled down and crumbled right over
People danced high, then higher
Coulda’ lit it on fire
It started out small, with a fence
But soon it upgraded, to a wedge
People standing on the edge, using ziplines and a ledge
Not just Berlin, but across Europe
A thing called the Iron Curtain
But after Berlin, it stopped working
And that is the probs with Berlin Wall
Huh
Yas
Depressed Mid Life Crisis Timmy nice rap you made there
Follow my Marcello!!!!!
Thank you for making this, I'm writing a two page essay on the Berlin wall and this helped a lot
Mad respect to that legend who stole tank and break the wall
THEY NEED TO MAKE A MOVIE ABOUT THE TANK THING
McSnurtle , THEY STOLE A TANK
A MUHFUCKIN TANK
Ooga booga the manspreader of legends
Yeah the tanks great and all, but there are a ton more stories. Like three brothers, each escaping one after another with the first one using a surfboard to cross a canal, the second one using a zip line to cross the wall and the third one being picked up by his brothers via a lightweight airplane, which they then landed in front of the Bundestag, leaving it there and then heading for the pub. Or two windsurfers who crossed the Ostsee. These were some truly amazing people!
There is one about the hot air balloon. Not sure why they chose it over A STONE TANK!
It was a guy named Wolfgang Engels en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Engels
TedED could you guys make one of these videos for the Korean division? It's not reunited yet, but maybe explaining on detail how the division came to be will be something to learn about. Thank you ♡
Coco Caramel if those citizens of north korea and south korea united and start revolution against north korean officials they will be defeated just like this.
Jason I hope so. It's so sad that it has been separated for so long...one same country that was divided by foreign powers. I sincerely hope I will see the reunification during my lifetime.
It would be so cringy they would just fill it with anti-North Korean propaganda.
There may be still complications most North Koreans are taught from a young age that the South is their worst enemy, even if they do come together there will still be those who are anti-North korean and it could be the same for how some of the North feels about the South... Though all that aside I want all those people to have a taste of freedom.
Wow, you follow the American propagandists line to a t.
Germany is such an inspiring nation for us Koreans because well, they were divided on a similar way we South/North Korea was, but unlike us, they managed to reunite themselves with the power of people. I really hope that happens to our nations too. Thanks for the educational video.
I lived in West Germany as a young child due to my father’s military service. I remember watching the news in amazement as the wall was torn down. It was really moving and a formative moment for me.
Some Guy: What are you doing today?
An Absolute Legend: Just gonna take a tank and crash through the Berlin Wall, I need my frisby
Some Guy: Ni.... wait what
Imagine some other guy being like
Some other guy: Hey, what'cha got there?
An Absolute Legend: *TANK*
That guy: Wow. Can I come with?
.
*2 Minutes Later*
.
Guards and Soldiers: *chilling*
Some guard: Hey... What is that sound?
Some other guard: What sound?
Some guard: Oh, well... Never mind...
Guards and Soldiers: *continue chilling*
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.
.
Tank: *CRASHES THROUGH THE FRICKIN' WALL*
*Epic music starts* (Something like th-cam.com/video/RnfReyvxZog/w-d-xo.html . It's good to listen to it while reading for the mood, so open it in new tab)
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Guards and Soldiers: WHAT THE-
The two legends: BOOM BABY!
Guards and Soldiers: SOMEONE, STOP THEM FOR GODS SAKE
The two legends: YOU CANNOT STOP US
"Captain or something": Oh no, no no no... This isn't happening... *complete terror on face*
Some guard to the "captain": Well sir, we tried *drinks a glass of water*
The two legends, riding away on their tank, as their yellings start to sound distant: WE ARE FREE!!! WHOOOHOOOO!!! FREEDOM, HERE WE COME!!!
@@annorakanon Your comment is so long and deep into the story...
*_I love it_*
My doggo head is being filled with knowledge
One_Dank_Doggo daaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn
well that's h*ckin' wonderful i say
good boy
And that's a very dank thing to be doing with that doggo head :)
One_Dank_Doggo whos a good boy? You are! Smort good doggo 😝
5:42 That is actually beautiful. Just imagine the moment
That's the second time I've heard someone say the wall was built around the east side of Germany but then build a wall around the west part in the video
My dad helped break down the wall
Who are you! Is your saying real?
Lies!
Doesnt sound that crazy
Proof?
It was about 30 Years ago so it is possible.
Btw most eastberliners tryed to Espace though the sewers.
I have a story to tell,
Long before I was born, and a few years before my mother was born, my grandparents were making the hardest decision of their lives,
,"Jürgen, solten wir das wirklich machen? Ich hab angst, komm, nein, mach das nicht!"
"Jürgen, should we really do it? I'm scared.. come on.. don't do it!"
My grandmother was probably saying something like that, and i'm glad that they didn't try to escape the east side with their friends..
After my Grandfather picked up my Grandmother from the train station from work after their friends tried to escape, he looked around to make sure nobody was there to listen
,"Dar sind neue leute die dar jest leben Brunhilde."
,"There are new people now living there Brunhilde."
,"Was!?"
,"What!?"
I'm glad they didn't escape with their buddies, otherwise.. they would've been caught, and they wouldn't have had my mother, because it was only after 3 years that they were freed from prison and sold to West Germany, they would've fallen out by that time..
After that, my Grandfather did a foolish thing, he was writing a letter to a friend-
'Ich bin frei, wir sind alle frei'
'I am free, we are all free'
He wrote something like that and sent it off, only it wasn't the usual postman who collected their letters, because their usual one was sick and the new postman read the letter.
His studies were posteponed, because otherwise, my Grandmother told me, he could've become a Proffesor.
Because of three words,' I AM FREE'
after that he was put into a labour party by my Great grandfather which prevented him from being pulled into another one, where he could've been made into Secret Service, and that wouldn't have been good, because he somehow had access to Western TV.
Thank you for reading this, I felt it was important to share this real story, if you have any questions, ask me.
Question: In which year did this happen?
@@sr.6001 I'm not sure.. 1975 or so (Just a guess)) for the first escaping bit, and the letter might have actually been before that.. (Dont think so) But I think that was in 1979
GIVE THIS MAN MORE LIKES
@@cloroxbleach7377 Thanks!
Are you're grandparents still alive, and is your grandfather a professor now
This is fire. The art, narration, flow of the video :o
This is by far my favourite history lesson.
Got goosebumps listening to it....earlier vietnam history was my favourite...but now its 2nd😉
“Democracy is not perfect,but we never had to build a wall to keep our citizens in”
I think it was John F Kennedy
Demonetization yep it was JFK
Correct
Did he say why there were a West Germany city in the middle of East Germany anyway?
fun fact: they added the F to his name after his death to pay respects
@@gembly3237 😂
I really liked the art
Ikr, personally one of the best ones I've seen on TedEd.
I agree.
When life puts walls in front of you...
Ram through them with a tank.
I've been learning a lot in TED and now TED become one of my education.
My dad was in a sports tournament in Berlin the day they started tearing the wall down, all of his teammates joined in. They never knew what they were doing, cause in Brazil news was very limited. He brought a piece of the wall back.... so crazy that he was a part of that
Have to admire the fact that East Germany was called the "German Democratic Republic".
Michael Horn Yeah, most oppressive regimes like to make their country sound open and free, so you get dictatorships called "(insert country's name) federation of the people's democratic republic" or some other junk like that. One warning sign of a horrible government is how they overcompensate the name.
LagiNaLangAko23 Well "People's" in China's name just means communist, so I don't see the irony.
The Chinese communist party actually had popular support from the majority during the civil war. The people were sick of the brutal nationalist regime. I believe that human social understanding and governance is not advanced enough for achieve a successful communist society and economy on a larger scale than that of a city. The communist societies worldwide had to there for rely on oppressive means to remain functioning.
Michael Horn Kind of like how North Korea is called the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea
Michael Horn Favourite quote: The German democratic republic was neither German, nor democratic.
OMG THIS HELPED SO MUCH THANKS
This animation style is so good!!!
November 9th, 1989 : **begins**
Berlin Wall : *"East Germany, I **_Don't_** Feel So Good."*
a turn for the better after june 4th
To show the powers of flex tape, i sawed this country in half!
And repaired it with only flex tape.
OMFG yesssss 😃🤣🤣🤣🤣
*I sawed this country in half*
That's a lot of damage
Someone pronounce me dead😁😅💀
If the Berlin wall was made of flex tape, it never would have fallen.
Lost Islands I officially pronounce you dead
This is my FAVORITE Ted animation
Great storytelling!
❤❤
4:58 the man is crying
@@ayyappanchithambaram4575 Guards were chosen from areas specifically not Germany to prevent guards from sympathizing with escapees, so no.
Tbh I think he’s crying because he misses his family
I was a 22-year-old cool East German boy when the Berlin wall fell. I'm glad I was experiencing those historical weeks and months before and after. The West Germans mostly didn't care.
Really?
I LOVE the graphic style of the video
I haven't listened in history class and have an exam on Monday, thank you for this
Nobody:
An ordinary person: P A N Z E R T I M E
*Y E E T*
Ordinary ?
@@joditiarsutrisno5556 yes like everybody can have a tank
@@bashiryacub I don't think that is a good idea
@@bashiryacub they just stole it
4:17 guy was playing gta before gta was even a thing.
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D.M. N. No it was gta irl
Really enjoyed the documentary. Did not disappoint one bit.
Amazing explanation