East Berlin Soldiers refusing to shake hands with West Berliners after the Berlin Wall fell

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image showing East Berlin Soldiers refusing to shake hands with West Berliners after the Berlin Wall fell

No_Cartoonist9458 on April 2nd, 2024 at 18:49 UTC »

"Franz, what should we do, they appear to be friendly"

"I don't know, Hans, there's nothing in the manual about "Friendly Germans". Better stay clear"

piscian19 on April 2nd, 2024 at 18:56 UTC »

I mean, they're at work. Probably have no idea what the rules are yet. Like they might get in trouble.

tacocookietime on April 2nd, 2024 at 19:17 UTC »

I was there.

Fun fact... David hasselhoff performed at the big concert at the celebration for the wall coming down wearing a leather jacket with light bulbs all over it. (This was pre LED days) It was also 24 years before he helped SpongeBob save bikini bottom.

You will never see anything more '80s than this https://youtu.be/0zXiClnK8oE?si=AF8EsTq182PrDTps (VHS recording of tv broadcast quality)

Edit: someone found a better quality copy here https://youtu.be/cJ2Sgd9sc0M?si=CaX55glRu4PxNfcg

In hindsight maybe those guys just didn't want to shake anybody's hand that was at a David hasselhoff concert which is reasonable.