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The first days after the wall came down

An der Dresdner Bank in Kreuzberg gab es das "Willkommensgeld" - 100 DM

An der Dresdner Bank in Kreuzberg gab es das "Willkommensgeld" - 100 DM Source: ullstein bild Getty images

As an English-language student, Susanne never had the books she needed to study before the fall of the Berlin Wall. Now it was all different. She continued studying at the Humboldt University and co-founded the student newspaper "Unaufgefordert" - which still exists today.



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