Ngeekonsathi kunye nezikhumbuzo ngoMvulo, amaJamani aya kubhiyozela usuku olwathi udonga lwaseBerlin lwadilika ngalo kwiminyaka engama-20 eyadlulayo. Ngobo busuku bubandayo, baxhentsa phezu kodonga, iingalo ziphakanyiselwe uloyiso, izandla zibambene ngobuhlobo kunye nethemba elibi. Iminyaka yokwahlukana kunye nexhala yanyibilika yaba yinyani engakholelekiyo yenkululeko kunye nekamva ngaphandle kwabalindi bomda, amapolisa afihlakeleyo, oompimpi kunye nolawulo oluluqilima lobukomanisi.
AmaJamani abhiyoza ngeekonsathi eziqhayisa ngoBeethoven noBon Jovi; inkonzo yesikhumbuzo yabantu abali-136 ababulawa bezama ukuwela ukusuka ngowe-1961 ukuya kutsho ngowe-1989; izibane zekhandlela; kunye ne-1,000 leeplastiki ezinogwebu eziphakamileyo eziza kubekwa ecaleni kwendlela eseludongeni kwaye ziqengqeleke.
NgoNovemba 9, 1989, abemi basempuma Jamani beza ngobuninzi babo, bekhwele iiTrabants zabo, izithuthuthu, neebhayisekile ezingakhiyo. Amakhulu, emva koko amawaka, emva koko amakhulu amawaka awela kwimihla elandelayo.
Iivenkile entshona Berlin zahlala zivuliwe emva kwexesha, kwaye iibhanki zakhupha i-100 Deutschemarks “kwimali eyamkelekileyo,” exabisa malunga ne-US$50, kumtyeleli ngamnye waseJamani.
Itheko lathatha iintsuku ezine kwaye nge-12 kaNovemba, bangaphezulu kwezigidi ezi-3 zabantu basempuma yeJamani abazizigidi ezili-16.6 ababendwendwele, phantse isinye kwisithathu sabo saya ngasentshona Berlin, abanye ngamasango avulekayo ecaleni kweminye imimandla ebiyelweyo, enemigodi enqumle umda wabo. ilizwe kubini.
Iziqendu ezimalunga neekhilomitha ezili-155 (iikhilomitha ezili-100) zodonga zadilizwa zadilizwa. Abakhenkethi baqhekeza iinxalenye ukuze bazigcine njengezikhumbuzo. Iintsapho ezazilila iinyembezi zadibana kwakhona. Iibhari zakhupha iziselo zasimahla. Abantu abangabaziyo bancamisana kwaye bathambisana ngechampagne.
UKlaus-Hubert Fugger, ongumfundi kwiDyunivesithi yasimahla eNtshona Berlin, wayezisela iziselo kwindawo yentselo xa abantu babeqala ukuza “ababekhangeleka ngokwahlukileyo.”
Abathengi bathenge iindwendwe emva komjikelo. Ezinzulwini zobusuku, endaweni yokuba bagoduke, uFugger nabanye abathathu bakhwela iteksi ukuya kwiSango laseBrandenburg, indawo ekude nengangenwa mntu, baza bakhwela udonga oluziimitha ezili-12 (malunga neemitha ezine) ngamakhulu abanye.
“Kwakukho izinto ezinje ngenene, njengabantu abakhalayo, kuba abakwazanga ukuyifumana le meko,” watsho uFugger, ngoku oneminyaka engama-43 ubudala. “Abantu abaninzi beza neebhotile” zechampagne kunye newayini eswiti ehlwahlwazayo yaseJamani.
UFugger wachitha ubusuku obulandelayo eludongeni, naye. Umfanekiso wemagazini umbonisa esongelwe ngesikhafu.
“Emva koko udonga lwaluxinene kwindawo yonke, amawaka-waka abantu, kwaye wawungakwazi nokushukuma … kwafuneka utyhale izihlwele zabantu,” watsho.
U-Angela Merkel, i-chancellor yokuqala yaseJamani ukusuka kwindawo eyayisakuba ngamakomanisi empuma, ukhumbule uvuyo kwintetho kwiveki ephelileyo kwiNkongolo yase-US.
“Apho bekukho udonga olumnyama kuphela, kwavuleka umnyango ngequbuliso, kwaye sonke sahamba ngayo: ezitratweni, ezicaweni, ngaphaya kwemida,” utshilo uMerkel. "Wonke umntu unikwe ithuba lokwakha into entsha, ukwenza umahluko, ukwenza isiqalo esitsha."
Udonga olwakhiwa ngamakomanisi kwindawo ephakamileyo yeMfazwe yoMlomo nolwalume iminyaka engama-28 luphelile. Ezinye iindawo zisamile, kwigalari yobugcisa yangaphandle okanye njengenxalenye yemyuziyam evulekileyo. Indlela yayo esixekweni ngoku izitrato, iindawo zokuthenga, nezindlu eziqeshisayo. Ekuphela kwento esiyikhumbulayo luthotho lwezitena ezikroliweyo ezilandela indlela yayo.
I-Checkpoint uCharlie, i-prefab eyayiluphawu lobukho be-Allied kunye noxinzelelo lweMfazwe ebandayo, iye yasiwa kwimyuziyam esentshona Berlin.
I-Potsdamer Platz, isikwere esinamandla esatshatyalaliswayo ngexesha leMfazwe Yehlabathi yesiBini kwaye yaba ngumhlaba ongenamntu ngexesha leMfazwe Yomlomo, igcwele iivenkile ezithengisa yonke into ukusuka kwii-iPod ukuya kwibratwursts eyosiweyo.
Kumsitho owawuseBerlin nge-31 ka-Okthobha, uHelmut Kohl, ingqonyela yaseJamani eyayichophele ukuvulwa kodonga, wema ecaleni koomongameli ababenamandla ngelo xesha, uGeorge HW Bush noMikhail Gorbachev.
Emva kwamashumi eminyaka ehlazo elalandela ixesha lamaNazi, uKohl wacebisa, ukuwa koDonga lwaseBerlin kunye nokuhlanganiswa kwelizwe labo kwiinyanga ezili-11 kamva kwanika amaJamani ukuzingca.
UKohl, ngoku oneminyaka engama-79 ubudala wathi: “Asinazo izizathu ezininzi kwimbali yethu zokuba nebhongo.” Kodwa njengengqonyela, “akukho nto ibhetele, andinakuzingca ngayo ngaphezu kokumanyana kweJamani.”
Kudliwanondlebe eMoscow kunye ne-Associated Press Television News, uGorbachev uthe yayiyimpembelelo yoxolo.
“Nokuba bekunzima kangakanani na, besisebenza, safumana ukuqondana, saza saqhubela phambili. Saqala ukunciphisa izixhobo zenyukliya, sinciphisa imikhosi exhobileyo eYurophu, kunye nokusombulula eminye imiba, ”utshilo.
Konke kwaqala ngenkomfa yeendaba yasemva kwemini.
NgoNovemba 9, 1989, uGuenter Schabowski, ilungu lePolitburo eyayilawula empuma Jamani, ngokungakhathali wavakalisa ukuba amaJamani asempuma ayeza kukhululeka ukuya entshona ngoko nangoko.
Emva kwexesha, wazama ukucacisa izimvo zakhe kwaye wathi imithetho emitsha iza kubanjwa ezinzulwini zobusuku, kodwa iziganeko zahamba ngokukhawuleza njengoko ilizwi lisasazeka.
Kwindawo enqumlayo esemazantsi eBerlin, uAnnemarie Reffert nentombi yakhe eneminyaka eli-15 ubudala benza imbali ngokuba ngamaJamani okuqala asempuma ukuwela umda.
UReffert, ngoku oneminyaka engama-66 ubudala, ukhumbula amajoni asempuma yeJamani edidekile xa wayezama ukuwela umda.
“Ndaxoxa ukuba uSchabowski uthe sivunyelwe ukuba sidlule,” utshilo. Amajoni omda arhoxa. Igosa elihlola izinto ezingenayo impahla lamangaliswa kukuba lingenamthwalo.
Ekuphela kwento ebesiyifuna kukubona ukuba singakwazi na ukuhamba ngenene,” utshilo uReffert.
Kwiminyaka kamva, uSchabowski waxelela udliwano-ndlebe nomabonwakude ukuba uye waxubana. Yayingesosigqibo kodwa yayingumthetho oyilwayo owamiselwa ukuba iPolitburo ixoxe. Wayecinga ukuba sisigqibo esele sivunyiwe.
Ngobo busuku, malunga ezinzulwini zobusuku, abalindi emdeni bavula amasango. Nge-Checkpoint Charlie, ezantsi kwe-Invalidenstrasse, ngaphaya kweGlienicke Bridge, abantu abaninzi bathontelana ukuya eWest Berlin, bengapholanga, bengathintelwanga, amehlo eguqukile.
