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Witness: The Wall loomed bigger than the Alps

Source: Reuters
Berlin : Germany | about 1 month ago  
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Peter Jebautzke, who grew up in East Germany, has worked for Reuters for 12 years as an IT field specialist. I had always dreamed of climbing the Alps but unfortunately, the Berlin Wall was in the way. In November 1989 I was 24 and working as a trainee at the East German railway after studying cybernetics...
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