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Marianne Birthler

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Marianne Birthler

Birthname

Birthday: January 22, 1948

Political Parties: Alliance '90/The Greens

Nationality: Germany, East Germany

Occupations: Politician

Total quotes: 1

“Outsiders seem to think that it was the opening of the Wall that brought us our freedom. It was the other way around. First we fought for our freedom; and then, because of that, the Wall fell.”

— Marianne Birthler, The Collapse: The Accidental Opening of the Berlin Wall

Tagged: Nature of Revolutions, Berlin Wall, Against, The Limits of Intervention, Fighting for Freedom

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