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Near Matthies' home lies a memorial stone engraved with the words DEUTSCHLAND IST UNTEILBAR (Germany is indivisible), placed there three decades ago by a private organization. Yet Zicherie and the East German town of Bockwitz, just across the double fence, were divided for 32 years. In the old days, getting from Zicherie to Bockwitz entailed a drive of 120 miles and special permission, rarely given, to enter the border zone. Few took the trouble. On Nov. 14 East German workers cut the wire, and now hundreds of two- stroke Trabants pour across the line every day, loaded with East German...
Also yesterday, the government newspaper Neues Deutschland said the party may scrap its traditional structure of having a Politburo, Central Committee and general secretary to make a "radical end to structural Stalinism." As reform movements sweep through Eastern Europe, the hard-line policies of Stalinism have become a prime target for criticism...
...Neues Deutschland, the party newspaper, pointed out in a commentary that in recent days it had dealt with "many critical questions, constructive suggestions and new starting points...
...town of Nickelsdorf smiled and began to wave the refugees through. Across they came, on foot and bicycles, in German Wartburgs and Czech Skodas. Some drivers paused to put black tape over the first D and the R on their DDR vehicle-identification stickers, leaving a single D for Deutschland. "What a Monday!" cried an Austrian radio newscaster. "Boris Becker wins the U.S. Open, and lots of D.D.R. citizens win the Hungarian Open...
...country is really run by the shadowy "14 Families"--German expatriates all. Julia's character is named Roberto Straussmann and is made to look Aryan via an eerie blond dye job. Parador's national anthem is to the tune of "O Tannenbaum" and is often accompanied by "Deutschland Uber Alles...