Oddbean

9th of November is FOUR of the most important dates in German history - the Day of Fate. In 1918, it was the day of the German Revolution, when the Republic was proclaimed, ending the Second Reich and WWI. In 1923, it was the day of the failed Munich Putsch, landing Hitler in prison, where he fatefully wrote 'Mein Kampf'. In 1938, it was the Night of Broken Glass, when Jews were hunted in a pogrom heralding the coming of the Holocaust. And in 1989, it was the Fall of the Berlin Wall, which reunited a torn nation and ended the Cold War. It's impossible to explain how profoundly these events shaped my life and that of all Europeans. My wife and I were born on opposite sides of the Iron Curtain, our dark inheritance from nightmares of the past. Today, we honor the countless victims by celebrating our freedom in gratitude. A toast to those who are gone, but not forgotten. 🕯️🙏🥂 https://m.primal.net/LxWn.jpg https://m.primal.net/LxWo.jpg https://m.primal.net/LxWp.jpg https://m.primal.net/LxWq.jpg