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Kevinism (Kevinismus in German) is what happened as a result of Germans, specifically poor East Germans, choosing names that sounded “exotic.” For them, this largely meant Anglo or French sounding names like “Kevin” and “Chantelle.”

Because they had minimal understanding of how these names were actually pronounced, they often have either unique spellings or pronunciations.

People with these names are often thought of as dumber or less bright than other Germans.

This was particularly prevent in the two decades leading to German reunification (namely, Hedwig or Hansel would have had lot of slightly younger peers with Anglo sounding names)

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Remembering the Berlin Wall – in pictures

The order for work to start on building the Berlin Wall was issued on 13 August 1961. East German guards sealed the border, preventing an exodus to the west. Barbed wire was gradually replaced with the concrete barrier, which remained until 9 November 1989

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“And Now That It’s Gone, We Don’t Know Who We Are Anymore....”

[ Today officially marks 30 years since the Berlin Wall fell – as well as 30 years since Hedwig’s divorce from Luther and 31 since the botched sex change and marriage that brought her to the United States.

Below are some of the resources that have been published in celebration of the event some of which will be worked into future writings on Miss Hedwig. (I haven’t abandoned this blog, I’ve just had other things going on in my life.) The quotes that I’m using to divide up the sections are quotes/paraphrases that come from JCM’s show The Origin of Love, which tells the story of the writing of Hedwig. Like VH1 Storytellers, if it went on the slowest roll out global tour…. ]

“1989. Who here remembers 1989?”

Berlin’s Cultural Legends Remember Where They Were 

‘I Was Sleeping When the Wall Fell,’ Berlin Wall Stories 30 Years On

Berlin Wall VR

Witnessing the Fall of the Berlin – By Mistake

See the Berlin Wall Fall

“They called it ‘the end of history,’ remember that?”

Berlin After the Wall (Then and Now) (in pictures, 1992 vs 2019)

Germany Prepares to Mark 30 Years Since the Fall of the Berlin Wall

The Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall (timeline)

The Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall (in pictures)

Fall of the Berlin Wall: How 1989 Reshaped the Modern World

“I used to be obsessed with the Checkpoint: Charlie museum”

Tunneler Recalls 1971 Capture

Footballers Who Escaped From East Berlin

“Where she learns that the best things in life are forbidden. And nothing is more forbidden than the taste of POWER!!”

How East Berlin Stazi Harassed East German Punks (in pictures)

East German Schools Where Children Were Taught to Lie

“And Now That It’s Gone: NO! MORE! WALLS! NO!! MORE!! WALLS!!!”

Germany’s Leaders Mark the Fall of the Berlin Wall With a Warning About Democracy

No Wall Too High to Be Broken Down

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From the article:

Helmut Kohl, the chancellor who presided over both German reunification and the creation of the eurozone, has died aged 87.

Kohl was a towering figure of European politics in the second half of the 20th century, serving as Germany’s chancellor for a record 16 years from from 1982 to 1998.

Angela Merkel said her former mentor was “the right man at the right time”, who seized a “historic chance” to overcome the divide running through Europe.

The foreign minister, Sigmar Gabriel, said he was grieving for a “great German and above all a great European”. Former US president George W Bush described the ex-chancellor as “a true friend of freedom and the man I consider one of the greatest leaders in post-war Europe”.

European Council president Jean-Claude Juncker tweeted: “Helmut’s death hurts me deeply. My mentor, my friend, the very essence of Europe, he will be greatly, greatly missed”

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West German Berliners trying to make visual contact with friends and relatives in East Berlin, over the Wall at Bernaurstrasse, West Germany. 1961. Photo by Burt Glinn.

via reddit

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Friedrichstraße, East Berlin, 1980 (via here)

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A soldier of East german grenztruppen lights a cigarette at the fall of Berlin wall, 1989-1990.

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Punks chipping away at the Berlin Wall, 1989.