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THE HERALD Wednesday November Page 13 East Germans uneasy about crumbling Berlin wall By DONNA the Herald A week after the announcement that travel restnctions were lifted in East Germany a country bound by the iron curtain of Communist rule since the Second World War East Germans now living in Halton Hills have mixed reactions this new freedom Heinz Dorst an East German from the small town of Crodden now living north of said he was not sur prised when he heard the Berlin Wall was opening up It had to come down sooner or later But I think right now the West is making too much of it the member of German Canadian Club Eintracht Harmony said East native now living north I imehouse was not surprised to hear the Berlin Wall separating East and West Germany no longer restricts East Germans Mr is shown here with a silver plate given to him by the German army at Christmas Herald photo GEORGETOWNS GENERAL STORE FREE HOT CHOCOLATE During the Santa Clans Parade House J Gallery 115MAINST S GEORGETOWN Above McCarthy s Tea Room 8730674 mm UNDER NEW OWNERSHIP MANAGEMENT Gini Wanda are available for your complete hair service NOVEMBER STREAK SPECIAL SAVE COO Reg I On This Month TINTS- SAVE Reg 30 On This Month 235GUELPHST BESIDE BURGER KING SCISSORS They lifted the travelling but it still t fill your stomach he said of the political reforms Christmas when he visited Croddendorf there were no apples oranges or bananas things we take for granted every day Mr said his sister and her family are still Croddendorf its population stagnant since the The Second World War and a town where only the privileged have telephones Mr Dorst left Germany at age 19 to fight as a German soldier in Africa He was in prisoner of war camps from to 1947 in the United States and France But he knows Germany well and says the style of life in East Ger many contrasts with that of West Germany Through television the East has learned what riches lie in the backyard of their western neighbors he said John Sommer a Georgetown resident and an East German from the city of Leipzig fears that East Germans could lose their soul and become as materialistic as their western neighbors long for For All Your Fine China Silver Crystal Glftware 227 MAIN ST MILTON 8780050 by American economic in tervention The East Germans are so modest They have such a nice feeling for their family and friends And they conquered communism without submitting to the Americans he said If I were the East 1 would be too proud to join the West They became democratic because of the guys with the big guns In spite of the charming uni of West Germany Mr Sommer was thrilled to read in the newspaper that the two halves of his native country may one day be united Mr Sommer thought he would wake up and find the whole thing had been just a fiction It s been over 40 years since Mr Sommer escaped East Germany to avoid certain death in a uranium mine All that his family had as part of the landowing class was taken by the Soviet Dictator Josef Stalin ve never been back to East Germany Mr Sommer said but now I m very tempted to see what going on there He feared that the Berlin Wall built in 1961 to separate communist Germany from capitalist Ger many was too entrenched But people demanded and won their freedom on the East side of the wall Mr Sommer said Freedom and independence is probably something in us that is a genetic thing MOLLY MAID Your Dependable Home Cleaning Service Specializing in House Cleaning For Particular Peuple Domcit I Banded Iniu eg rata eta CALL or 8731386 HOME PRODUCTS LTD No one ever regretted buying quality Custom Design Installation THERMAL REPLACEMENT WINDOWS STANLEY THERMAL ENTRANCE DOORS PATIO DOORS SOFFIT FACIA AND EAVESTR0UGH SIDING PATIO DECKS AND FENCING SOLARIUMS NEW ADDITIONS CUSTOM DESIGNED BAY AND BOW WINDOWS ALUMINIUM AWNINGS AND SHUTTERS ELEGANT VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL SHADES CALLTODAY FREE ESTIMATES All work guaranteed No Obligation to Purchase QUALITY CREDIBILITY RELIABILITY Sift Certificates For The One Who Has Everything from The Feminine Way Open Days A I Passive Reducing Salon ENERGIZE without EXERCISE The Feminine Way Corner A Maple St Rear Entrance Georgetown Mori Fit Barn Call For Certificates Today 8734907 m