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Today we celebrate German Unity Day!
👉 tuta.com/blog/germany-unity-da…

On October 3rd in 1990, Germany became one, and became a truly democratic country. 🗳️

We are reminded that we can't take the freedoms we currently enjoy for granted, including privacy & the freedom of speech.

#germany #freedom #privacy #surveillance

Germans stand on top of the Wall in front of the Brandenburg Gate.
#privacy #Germany #freedom #surveillance
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Daniel
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Daniel
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I'm sorry to have to correct you but in fact this (the Mauerfall) happened on the 9th of November. 3rd of October was chosen because there were two Nazi events that happened on 9th of November as well (1923 and 1939 respectively) which we (the Germans) obviously didn't want to give a holiday to
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Mawoka
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Mawoka
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But October 3rd is the day where the contract was signed between the 2 countries to only have one.
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Tuta
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Tuta
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@Mawoka @mintdaniel42 October 3rd is the pubic holiday here in Germany celebrating the unification of East and West Germany.
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Martina Neumayer
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Martina Neumayer
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The real so called "Unification Day" (ger. Der Einigungs Tag) was 11.11.1990, but new government chooses different "official" date for it due to the historical very bad events that took place on that particular day in the past, which collides with this national, supposed to be happy, holiday. So officially is now the 3rd of October instead of the 11 November.
As for this "true democracy", well.. opinions are very different even now, as they were back then, few years after the event. 🤷‍♀️
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Foxle
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Foxle
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Wovon träumt ihr?
Wir sind nicht ein Land geworden. Und mit der AFD kämpft eine Partei darum, die Demokratie abzuschaffen und die Macht zu ergreifen!

What do you dream of?
We have not become one country. And with the AfD, a party is fighting to abolish democracy and seize power!

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