Tyrants take their power directly from the people they oppress. But if dissatisfied, the oppressed can also withdraw their support and reclaim that power.
— Frederick Douglass
Tyrants take their power directly from the people they oppress. But if dissatisfied, the oppressed can also withdraw their support and reclaim that power. Frederick Douglass. www.walled-in-berlin.com
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Walled-In is my story of growing up in Berlin during the Cold War. Juxtaposing the events that engulfed Berlin during the Berlin Blockade, the Berlin Airlift, the Berlin Wall and Kennedy’s Berlin visit with the struggle against my equally insurmountable parental walls, Walled-In is about freedom vs. conformity, conflict vs. harmony, domination vs. submission, loyalty vs. betrayal.
