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To: Math Junkie who wrote (43060)	3/4/2001 8:47:42 PM
From: Gottfried	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

Richard, OT *** >There were a couple of sights that stood out in my memory: one was an observation tower with an oval cross-section, with the top half peeking over the top of a hill. Very sinister looking.< You got the right impression. I left before the Wall was built. After visiting in the early '70s [feeling protected by my American passport] I left by train. The last stop in East Germany was a long one. The police needed time to check travelers passports and luggage to prevent unauthorized exit by East Germans. Soldiers with submachine guns lined the space between railroad tracks to prevent any East Germans from making a dash along the tracks to the West as that was the only path not barred by barbed wire and land mines. It was a very large concentration camp. Give me the problems of the USA any time. Gottfried