Marco Mielcarek's Voices From The Wall

“The Wall was an edifice of fear. On the November ninth… it was a place of joy”. (President Horst Köhler). When the Iron Curtain, or Berlin Wall, was built, it divided Berlin into two regions: East Berlin and West Berlin. The West Berlin was allies with the United States while East Berlin was dominated by the totalitarian Soviet Union government. The fall of the wall had divided the city for thirty agonizing years allowed people to rediscover life. The Berlin Wall devastatingly divided families, and in the east kept career opportunities from meritorious contenders. Communication was essentially prohibited between the two regions, for easterners were forbidden to travel to the west. Easterners were only granted permission to visit the west under dire circumstances by the discordant Eastern government, and west Berlin citizens did not want to visit their socialist neighbor. According to the westerners, life was great. The wall had just become a custom for them, but for the east, it was much more. The wall divided them from their freedom. “Voices from the Wall” by Marco Mielcarek captures the enticing point of view of the western Berlin citizen on that fateful November 9th, 1989. “Voices from the Wall” by Marco Mielcarek apprehends the discomfort from the wall’s division
Easterners began immediately tearing down the wall, and the eastern citizens were finally free to choose their life (Mielcarek). Finally, everyone was free to travel to whatever part of the city and had their basic rights. Families were rightfully reunited. The Berlin Wall was an infamous monument that separated Berlin for years finally fell to reunite families. The curiosity of the citizens was finally fed, and eastern citizens finally were able to live up to their full potential. The wall provided perturbation for all of Berlin, but it was finally resolved on that fateful November 9th,