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Zombie Ms. Skittles
11/06/09

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Someone tell me about the Berlin Wall coming down. I don't remember it -- I was 10 days shy of my fourth birthday. #kadewe
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la.donna.pietra
11/06/09

@Zombie Ms. Skittles: It was crazy, even for a 13-year-old here in the U.S. My dad's side of the family was originally from Germany (many generations before Communism), so it was an even bigger deal for him. I mostly remember seeing TV images of lots and lots of people standing on the wall and hollering happily. It was one of those points in my life that I remember a distinct sense of things changing, even though I didn't really know what they were at the time. #kadewe
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Zombie Ms. Skittles
11/06/09

@la.donna.pietra: Thanks. I feel like I kind of missed out on that one. All the defining cultural moments of my life have been tragic and horrible. Plus a lot of my friends who are only a few years older than me all remember it, I was just a little too young. #kadewe
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Cam/ron
11/06/09

@Zombie Ms. Skittles: That event symbolized the beginning of the end of the Cold War as well as the weakening of European communism, which was a huge deal to me since I grew up scared of Soviet nukes flying into my town. #kadewe
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