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...huge outdoor rallies, with the slogan Wir Sind Dock Brüder (despite everything, we are brothers), the pilgrims listened to sermons. The tone, on the surface, was nonpolitical. This was in keeping with German Protestantism's policy toward Communism: don't seek martyrdom; outwardly obey the authorities; maintain the church organization in the hope...
...rather dead, determined performance of Bach's "Herr Gott, Dich Loben Wir" smothered the exuberance of the "sacred joy." Much more satisfying were the two choruses from Handel's "Solomon." Delicacy and perfect balance characterized the lyric invocation "Music Spread Thy Voice Around." The second, more dramatic chorus, performed with skill and sensitivity, enabled an easy transition to the tragic mood of the two following works...
...worth just $10 in a free market. In the nationalized stores, a pound of butter cost 30 marks, a pair of shoes 70. "We all know where these fine goods in the fair are going," said one old man. "To Russia, to the 'people's democracies.' Wir krepieren-we are dying a slow death...
...small boat, fearing imprisonment if they were caught by the British coastal forces. A group of refugees took over. Late that night, behind a tattered canvas awning, a baby was born, the ninth on the voyage. The German doctor, one of three on board, whispered to the mother: "Wir können nicht sterben" (we cannot die). Two more babies would arrive before the ship reached its destination. The doctors wondered what nationality they could claim...
...weeks ago a huge billboard covered with propaganda posters of the Soviet-backed Socialist Unity Party (SED) attracted unusual attention in the heart of bomb-shattered Dresden in the Russian zone. Plastered squarely in the center of the billboard was a red poster bearing the slogan: "Wir haben kein Papier, aber wir sind auch hier" (We have no paper, but we are also here). The poster was signed by the anti-Communist Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Firemen soon tore down the poster, but thousands of Dresdeners had enjoyed a good chuckle...