The Checkpoint No One Dared to Cross
On the night of November 9, 1989, East German border guards received confused orders: the crossings were open. Thousands gathered at the Bornholmer Strasse checkpoint...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Mark 16:1-8.
On the night of November 9, 1989, East German border guards received confused orders: the crossings were open. Thousands gathered at the Bornholmer Strasse checkpoint in Berlin, yet for long minutes, no one moved. Petra Bender, a schoolteacher from Prenzlauer Berg, later described standing at the barrier with tears streaming down her face, legs shaking so violently she could not take a single step.…
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