Ernst Thälmann

[Spiegel]

Edit (2022.07.18): Since this forum is becoming read-only:
You can now find me on the Military Past Lives forum under the name RoterSpiegel.

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Hello everyone!

I started my past life investigation a few months ago when the song Prussia's Glory (a march from Kaiserreich Germany) triggered a memory of watching soldiers on parade. To my surprise, when I investigated the uniforms that they wore in my memory they were historically accurate and should be dated to early WW1. This piqued my interest in past life research and through lurking in this forum I found lots of valuable information and have been documenting my memories ever since. Finally made an account today

That was not the first time I had a PL memory. I have a few childhood memories that don't quite belong with the rest, for example:
- Picking up and reading a newspaper about Princess Diana's death (which happened before my birth)
- Knowing particular East German songs off by heart (I live halfway around the world from Europe and did not know German as a child)
- Sitting by the river Spree in Berlin. I drew a picture of this memory (for validation purposes), and a few weeks later, actually found the exact location on Google Earth! See attached photo.
For some reason, it never occured to me while growing up that these memories did not fit chronologically in my current life; they seemed so real and were similiar to my normal memories so I didn't think twice about them. Only after I found out past lives existed did I realise that I shouldn't be able to remember these things!

In order to keep this post from getting too long, I'll just say that over time, more memories started coming back (all spontaneously triggered, because I always fall asleep during video regressions) and I could sort them into two lives. I was a soldier in East Berlin in my most recent PL (that's all I know), and in the PL before that, I lived in northern Germany, went to the US for a little while, was conscripted in 1915, became a communist in the 20s and have no idea what I did in the 30s.

While reading about the era, I came across the name Ernst Thälmann and felt a connection. (Throughout my childhood, parts of this name were my favourite words e.g. Telephone, Ernest Rutherford (my favourite scientist when growing up), Telemann (I decided he was the composer with the coolest name), Telophase (my favourite step of the cell division cycle) etc so I thought it must be significant). I read through his wikipedia, and to my surprise, matched up pretty well with the description I had already written for my own PL.

Since I recognised his photo I thought that surely I would've been one of the members of his antifaschist organisation instead of the man himself (because the chances of having a famous PL is small) but I couldn't put him out of my mind and ended up looking for his photos in the German federal archive.

I used to have a vivid dream, where I, a middle aged man (at the time of the dream I was a 13 yr old girl) was in what appeared to be solitary confinement. Every day around noon the guards (dressed in boots, greatcoats and "star wars empire helmets" - later I realised they were Nazi soldiers) would let me go outside and I would walk around on a narrow oval path. One particularly miserable misty day, I think I did something wrong (e.g., taking a step in the wrong direction) and the guards beat me up and wouldn't let me go outside for 3 more days. I got bored and tried to make small talk with one of the younger guards and his expression of disgust still makes me smile.

To my surprise (and horror) I found these two photos yesterday! (2nd attachment). The archive description says they were taken at 11:10am, 12th May 1934. All the details are the same: from the building in the background to the narrow path to the sad trees in the centre to the window that the photographer took the photo from. The context is that the Nazis had arrested Ernst Thälmann because he was the communist presidential candidate against the H-man himself, and he (I) had been put in solitary confinement for 11 years. It was a bit of a shock when I saw the photos because he looked like my dream self too. And doubly shocked, because few people would've ever seen that particular prison yard before (Google tells me the place was partially destroyed after WW2 and the current look is very different).

This was the shock I needed and now I'm remembering (or re-remembering) all sorts of memories from my time as Ernst Thälmann. It's been a bit of an eye-opener because the weird dreams I used to have (and dismissed as a result of an overactive imagination) turned out to be real memories.

Another vivid dream I had more recently (2019?) was one where I was living in a small guarded "apartment" (more like a fancy prison tbh) where I had a visitor. We were looking for spy bugs since I had learned that my living quarters were bugged (but when the guard came to check on me I pretended to be looking for a lost trinket). There was even a particularly ugly yellow antique armchair in the room which I used as a stool to reach the higher places. I was able to verify this memory: indeed, in his later years of imprisonment, Thälmann was allowed visitors because the Nazis wanted to record his conversations to extract info, but he had been made aware of the bug so he used chalkboards to communicate instead (I too remember doing this). Unfortunately the article didn't mention the horrible armchair but maybe that thing's better off forgotten

Thank you for reading, I hope it wasn't too long. Also I'm aware that famous past life claims are often met with skepticism (and rightly so), so if you have further questions please do ask.

~ Spiegel

 

[fireflydancing]

Hi Spiegel, welcome to the forum. You told a highly fascinating story. I would love to hear/read your follow-up posts.

 

[melon04]

Welcome to the forum! This is very interesting. Do you have any other memories from that lifetime?

 

[SeekerOfKnowledge]

Welcome to the forum, Spiegel!
That drawing, I would say it is a match. Definitely shows the same location. There may be minor differences, but that's what happens when you are drawing entirely from memory without looking at the subject/scenery/reference picture.
Interesting past life, most people who remember PLs in Germany were soldiers or in the SS or something like that. Yours is different.

Yeah, "famous" past lives are such a thing, but on the other hand, just because a couple people knew and/or know your name (which is not equal to who you were/are) and remember a public image of your persona... shouldn't make a difference. You don't come across as somebody who is seeking attention or would make up a past life as a historical figure to feel important or out of wishful thinking. Someone who thinks a famous past life is cool also probably would have picked someone else than Ernst Thälmann.
It's not like there were a dozen people "claiming" your life either.

Hope we'll hear more from you.

 

[Spiegel]

Thanks for the replies!

Do you have any other memories from that lifetime?

As I only recently started my documentation I don't have too many yet. Lots of glimpses that sometimes I can't quite catch. But here are some off the top of my head.

In my search for triggers, I was looking through youtube for old protest songs. Most of them didn't strike a chord, a few sounded familiar, and two particular ones made me remember singing them live in a crowd. The first, "Hamburgs Jung Spartakus Lied", we sung at a memorial service and because I wasn't the best at singing (not that I was bad, just average) I tried to sing it better than the man next to me. I remembered that song so well (even though I've never heard it before) that I spent the rest of the day going through the hymn book of my church to see if I'd sung it in my childhood (answer is no; it's a PL memory).

A second song was Marsch der Antifaschisten (link is to youtube). I knew all the lyrics! Well, most of them, and since I don't know German all too well I got the word endings mixed up. In the memory I was holding up my right fist while walking in a demonstration/march to the sound of drums and this song (and a second song which I haven't been able to find online). I had a grin on my face, proud of what I stood for. I can't see the location in my mind's eye but I do know it was on the streets. (Side note, I wasn't influenced by the picture in the youtube video because I had scrolled down the page enough to not be able to see it).

Of course, these two memories alone don't give conclusive evidence of being Ernst, I could've been just another Roter Frontkämpferbund member. Which is why I still doubted myself, until I found verification of his prison yard. (If I'm completely honest, I still doubt myself sometimes).

A while ago (before I got into PL research), I was at my friend's house and he had a stack of communist literature (we are both dedicated socialists in this life), one of which was "Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism" by Lenin. I think I must've read that book in my PL because I already knew what Lenin was going to say before I started reading. I took the book home and read through it; indeed, it was exactly what I thought it would be about.

That drawing, I would say it is a match. Definitely shows the same location. There may be minor differences, but that's what happens when you are drawing entirely from memory without looking at the subject/scenery/reference picture.

Yes, I meant to draw the bridge further to the left! Unfortunately my page wasn't wide enough.

Yeah, "famous" past lives are such a thing, but on the other hand, just because a couple people knew and/or know your name (which is not equal to who you were/are) and remember a public image of your persona... shouldn't make a difference.

That's true. Sometimes I come across people singing his praise on the internet, and the East Germans made some propagnda films and songs about him. It makes me uncomfortable to be honest. I mean, I did what I thought I ought to, and some things that I ought to not have done but did anyway, but they conveniently forgot about those things

 

[Spiegel]

After some further thought, I have some other questions/memories.

I had a memory in my childhood when I was at Lenin's newly built mausoleum, at his funeral (?) or some other occasion. I remember the fancy cathedral with the swirly towers and then walking through Moskau afterwards. For the rest of my childhood I just assumed Lenin died recently and not 100 years ago and it didn't occur to me that Lenin lived in Europe while I lived halfway around the world. When people mentioned Lenin I think I actually said once as a child "oh that guy, I was at his funeral". No one ever told me Lenin was long gone though, so I continued thinking that for a few more years. I also used to tell my friends of my holiday in Moskau to see the red square, even though I now realise I've never been there in person.

Are there other people with communist past lives on this forum? Doesn't matter which country but I am curious to find out. There seem to be many people with Nazi past lives but I have yet to find another former communist.

What do you feel when you see a photo of your own PL? I found this photo (attached); I'm the man on the left in front. I looked into my (his) eyes and felt like I could see straight into his soul, like I knew exactly what he was feeling/thinking when this photo was taken.

I always thought the man on the right should be called "Lenny", and later I found out through wikipedia that his real name was Willy Leow. I guess that sounds similar enough. Maybe I got it mixed up over time. Also the name's not English, and Lenny could be the closest English equivalent my brain could come up with for Willy Leow.

 

[Emma66]

What do you feel when you see a photo of your own PL? I found this photo (attached); I'm the man on the left in front. I looked into my (his) eyes and felt like I could see straight into his soul, like I knew exactly what he was feeling/thinking when this photo was taken.

Welcome to the forum Spiegel, When I found a photo of my most recent past life, I knew he was me or I was him. Reincarnation was all new for me and before checking more details I was sure to be right. I also had glimpses of when the photo was taken. Like you I know what he was feeling when the photo was taken just after graduation from US Marines boot camp, when the family was reunited and a little kid, nephew I guess, asked him how many people he had killed and they all laughed.
After finding the photo on the Vietnam Veterans Virtual Memorial I was able to validate many memories.

 

[Cyrus]

Hi, I...uh, wasn't a communist, but I'm also interested in finding the communists. I've noticed a definite shortage.

Most of them have transformed - and rather readily - into capitalists, and often into the most outrageous ones, at that. Mutatis mutandis.

 

[Spiegel]

Most of them have transformed - and rather readily - into capitalists, and often into the most outrageous ones, at that. Mutatis mutandis.

I wonder if that's because of the decline of the Eastern Bloc, and the fact that most of the major world powers are now capitalist. Also came across an old thread on this site where some members shared their experiences of following the political views of the family they grew up with, which might have changed over different lives. On the other hand I think I've always been a bit communist.

I recently found an old social studies assignment of mine from school, from a long time ago. My teacher had us design a government for an imaginary desert island that we crashed on, like Lord of the Flies. I took charge of my group and turned our little fictional society into a communist hellhole/paradise (depending on who you ask) without any prior knowledge of any political/economic systems. I guess old habits die hard!

I'm still a socialist in this lifetime (even before finding about my PLs). Without going too deeply into the politics, I'll also add that I'm a Marxist and completely against the Stalin style of dictatorial leadership. Just felt the need to say that because I still really hate him for what he did to me and countless millions of others .

 

[Ocean]

Hello Spiegel!

Nice to meet you. Your story and memories of Ernst Thälmann are very interesting. It’s refreshing to hear from someone who lived in Germany in those times but was neither soldier, Nazi, nor Holocaust victim. Your past life character may be someone known to history, but as Seeker said above, he is not so much known he would be claimed by many others who seek attention. So I wouldn’t worry about that too much.

I think it’s even more intriguing you came back to live in the communist part of Germany in your next life. As if you wanted to experience the results of communism for good or bad in the same place maybe? I would be really interested to hear more about your past life as a soldier from East Berlin, now or in future if you have any more memories to share.

This recent past is still well remembered by many Germans alive today and there is much documentation. When I was a child the GDR still existed. (Someone like you who remembers it only from a past life or from history lessons actually reminds me that I’m starting to get old…) Anyway, I guess it would be easy to find verifications if you would remember more.

I wasn’t a communist, but I remember being in East Berlin after the war for a short time in my past life. It was the time when the separation into East and West had begun and you could already see the results of the starting Cold War.

Also, I know Berlin somewhat from current life, but only after reunification. It’s one of my favourite places.

It’s great you could find the exact spot you remember from your past life. That’s a good verification. But keep in mind that looking at pictures of Berlin today and comparing to memories is also tricky. Berlin was a huge construction site for the last few decades and many buildings there today are newly built while old buildings had been torn down. For example, on the picture from Google Earth the building on the right side across the river is new, while there was a different one in its place during East German times. It looked differently than the one there is today. But it didn’t look all too different from what you had drawn and details in past life memories are often blurry. So that’s all still fine, I guess.

Just wanted to remind you to not dismiss or accept memories too quickly when comparing to pictures from today in general, especially when dealing with Berlin or other German cities that had been much destroyed and rebuilt.

On the other hand if you remember details about specific buildings, bridges and such, this could give you many hints about the time frame of your memories. So, generally speaking, it might be worth looking for some older pictures and to do some research, if possible.

 

[Spiegel]

Hello Ocean! Thank you for your insightul reply.

I think it’s even more intriguing you came back to live in the communist part of Germany in your next life. As if you wanted to experience the results of communism for good or bad in the same place maybe? I would be really interested to hear more about your past life as a soldier from East Berlin, now or in future if you have any more memories to share.

I think I was part of the Wachregiment "Feliks Dzierzynski", the Stasi paramilitary. I thought their Präsentiermarsch and other songs sounded familiar, and I also remember going to some special occasion as a guard in Moskau, Red Square some time during the cold war era. In all my remembered lifetimes including today, I've always been a pretty dedicated socialist so perhaps I bought into the propaganda because it was similar to what I believe in. After the reunification though, I was devastated at first but soonafter realised that the DDR wasn't that socialist anyway. Too authoritarian.

Here is a clarification of my political position, in case someone with knowledge of the era reads this, and I feel the need to put my own point of view in opposition to what other sources say about me. I'll keep it brief and historical, and (hopefully) in accordance with the rules, and feel free to skip if you have no interest.

I was a supporter of Stalin from 1924-1933 - after Lenin's death until my arrest by the Nazis. In my defence, it was what seemed best to me at the time. After my arrest in 1933, Stalin gave me no aid and left me to rot, as well as made a non-aggression pact with Hitler. He also gave the order to murder most of my former comrades in 1937. Then it dawned on me that Stalin was just a power hungry dictator and cared nothing about the working class, and I spent the rest of my lonely life in prison wishing I'd listened to Trotsky instead and was eventually executed on Hitler's orders.
Unfortunately I then grew up in the DDR which, although outwardly looks socialist, is quite the authoritarian police state, and I was sucked right in by the propaganda and thus became a loyal Stasi member.
In retrospect, it's actually pretty funny to me because they hailed Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg as heroes too while claiming to follow in their footsteps. Rosa in particular would've hated the DDR.

An East German film company made two films about Ernst Thälmann, I haven't fully watched them in this life, but I did recognise some of the scenes while skipping through. Since Wikipedia tells me (unfortunately) the SED made everybody watch it on every occasion possible, I must've come across them as an East German child. Throughout this East German life, I've also had memories of Thälmann resurface (e.g. when holidaying in the Moskau Red Square, I remembered going to Lenin's funeral a long time ago in 1924). But due to having been indoctrinated as a child, and the taboo it would be to claim Ernst Thälmann (hero of the nation ) as a past life, I guess I just ignored the memories or attributed them to the film.

A few words about the film:
It is so inaccurate that most of my memories have different landscapes/buildings than the film. So I wouldn't worry about cryptomnesia from having watched it in another past life. Also, all of my memories are in 1st person, complete with my thoughts at the time. The movie also portrayed me as a serious, humourless man! Whereas you can find many historical photos of me grinning at something. A particularly funny thing I did was make communist propaganda leaflets on the WW1 Westen Front and hand them out to people. Man, the army authorities hated me for that! Therefore they made me do all the dirty, dangerous work but it still makes me chuckle to this day.

I would be really interested to hear more about your past life as a soldier from East Berlin, now or in future if you have any more memories to share.

I'll post them here as I remember . Currently the memories are quite sparse (in comparison to Ernst Thälmann) but that's because I haven't been looking into it that much yet. I do remember having been in this location (see photo), although I was of course one of the soldiers and facing towards the camera with a different view. Behind the cameraman was a hangar-like building with a red section of wall with the DDR logo on it. (for the lack of a better word, but it is the crest with the Hammer und Zirkel im Ährenkranz). I do not know the name of the location but I was on Wachregiment business at the time. I found a documentary about the Wachregiment showing the same location so that's good, at least.

But keep in mind that looking at pictures of Berlin today and comparing to memories is also tricky.

I love Berlin! Wonderful place. I had a particularly amusing dream when I was a young child. I and some others (in early 1900s clothing) were swimming in the fountains of the Berlin Palace garden until grumpy old Kaiser Wilhelm came out and chased us all away. I didn't recognise any modern photos but as soon as I saw a photo of the 1900s garden I recognised it from my dream.

As for my sketch, I just added a few random buildings in the background because I couldn't remember what they looked like. I would date the memory to post-1990, because I was walking along the river reminiscing about DDR life. Your point is correct though. I had another memory of the street Under den Linden and when I went to verify it, it was completely different in the modern day. Fortunately I was able to find a time-period photo which matched my memory. I was also looking for an equestrian statue of someone named Friedrich but after searching through every Friedrich statue in Berlin I still couldn't find it. Perhaps it was destroyed.

Best regards.

 

[Spiegel]

So, generally speaking, it might be worth looking for some older pictures and to do some research, if possible.

Thanks for the advice, I got home and I am now looking at vintage DDR/East Germany photos on Ebay and it's so nice seeing the old Berlin I used to live in again.

A lot of my childhood dreams (both PL-related and normal dreams) took place in East Berlin so it's a bit strange (and a relief) seeing that these places actually exist in the photos I found. Unfortunately Berlin's changed so much since the reunification. I'm tempted to buy some photos as keepsakes but I think I'll content myself by saving them all to my computer cuz I have no money.

 

[Spiegel]

@Ocean I have some questions regarding the buildings in Berlin, I'm wondering if you could help me out. If anyone else knows too, I would greatly appreciate the help .

1. Kampfgruppen der Arbeiterklasse
This photo was taken at the Brandenburger Tor. I remember being in a similar parade. Which way are they facing? Are they walking towards Unter den Linden or towards the West German side?

2. DDR Museum
This museum was opened in 2006 but what was in this location before it was built?

3. The last 3 photos
I've been here often on parade but I can't remember what this location's called. I think it has something to do with the Wachregiment Feliks Dzierzynski of the Stasi since we spent a lot of time here. Google says it might be called Adlershof but I'm not sure.

Thank you in advance

 

[Ocean]

I think I can help you with these.

1. Kampfgruppen der Arbeiterklasse
This photo was taken at the Brandenburger Tor. I remember being in a similar parade. Which way are they facing? Are they walking towards Unter den Linden or towards the West German side?

They are clearly facing West. Unter den Linden and the East part of the city is behind them. The tower in the background is the tower of the Red City Hall (Rotes Rathaus), which is located in former East Berlin, close to Alexanderplatz.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotes_Rathaus

I’ve attached two modern day pics with the city hall and Unter den Linden behind the Brandenburger Gate.

When was the photo taken? Was the Wall already in place? If yes, it would be right in front of the soldiers.

 

[Spiegel]

When was the photo taken? Was the Wall already in place? If yes, it would be right in front of the soldiers.

Thanks, that clears things up. This was a random photo I found online so I'm not sure when it was taken. In my memory, the wall was already up and I was walking in the opposite direction (towards the Rotes Rathaus).

 

[Ocean]

2. DDR Museum
This museum was opened in 2006 but what was in this location before it was built?

So, the DDR museum is right across the cathedral (Berliner Dom), on the other side of the river shore. The building standing there today is called CityQuartier DomAquarée (There is SeaLife inside. I think I was there some five years ago or so... but I didn’t visit the DDR museum.) The entrance to the DDR museum is down at the river in a kind of basement of the DomAquarée, beneath the new riverwalk.

In the past there was a big and pretty iconic building in this place: The Palasthotel. It was demolished in 2001. You will find many photos of it online when you search for it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palasthotel

This would also be the same building you would see on the right when standing at the bridge you have drawn and identified (Friedrichsbrücke). That’s why I told you there is something else today than there was before It was the Palasthotel, too. It was so large, it spread between the two bridges. (See the black-and-white photo from above: The little white bridge right of the cathedral is "your" bridge, right?)

Now, the DDR museum is right opposite of the cathedral inside this “basement” along the riverside, and I didn’t know if this “basement” was already there in the past in some form or not. It took me a while to find an old photo taken from the right angle. But I’ve found one from 1987 and it shows the “basement” wasn’t there at all. There was just a park in front of the Palasthotel instead.

So the whole riverwalk was built anew, it seems, and I read it was named Vera-Brittain-Ufer, while it didn’t have a name before. But the old riverwalk is still there, too. It’s the one below the new one, where the entrance to the DDR museum is and where you can take the boats to make a city tour on the river Spree.

Btw, the building next to DomAquarée is called Spreepalais. That’s the one closer to your bridge which you would see there today standing in the exact same spot like in your sketch. These two new buildings replaced the former Palasthotel.

I hope this helps a bit and I hope this was somewhat understandable. It’s already late while I’m typing this…

I don’t know about the other pictures from the Wachregiment for now. But I can see if I can find out anything tomorrow or so.

 

[Spiegel]

In the past there was a big and pretty iconic building in this place: The Palasthotel. It was demolished in 2001. You will find many photos of it online when you search for it.

Yes, that's the one! Thank you so much. Since you gave me the name I could look up the building and I found these photos (attached). The shoreline garden is just as I remembered! Although I got a little confused in my memory and thought it was 3 buildings instead of one, due to the shape. Hence my attempt to draw 3 buildings in the background of my sketch.

(See the black-and-white photo from above: The little white bridge right of the cathedral is "your" bridge, right?)

Yes that's correct.

Earlier you said you'd be interested in hearing more about my time as an East German soldier. I've gathered a few memories here if you feel like reading. I'd love to hear more about your time in East Germany too. Since you had known a life before the war, and I had grown up there so our perspectives might be different.

• Interestingly, I think my name was also Friedrich.
  
• I was once standing guard during a ceremony at the Soviet memorial in Treptow. The crusty old speaker droned on and on, I couldn't see a thing because the trees and people were in the way, while my feet became more and more numb. Afterwards I had to take a walk because I was so frustrated and to revive my poor legs.
• In the place that I think is called Adlershof, I was standing at attention for an inspection. Now, the ground was made of large concrete squares (perhaps 3x3m) so there were basically grid lines on the ground. We all stood in rows along one of these lines on the ground and I started overthinking because my feet weren't exactly in line, but I wasn't allowed to move either!
• Before I joined the Stasi Wachregiment I was in the Grenztruppen border troops. I was stationed somewhere in the countryside and our officer got us lost. Somehow it was our fault even though he carried the map!
• Another time, we were driving along a dirt path and our army vehicle got stuck in the mud, a few feet away from where the sealed part began
  
• In winter they made us wear the Ushanka, the Russian hat, but I disliked it because it looked like a muffin.
• I loved my job as a border guard because I got to spend a lot of time in nature. Marching, camping, etc.
  
• The Ernst Thälmann propaganda film came out when I was a child and we were forced to watch it. Safe to say, I didn't like it at all.
  
• I was on a parade on Unter den Linden. I marched through the Brandenburger Tor, down the street and to the Neue Wache.
  
• On Spotify I found a live recording of the Letzte große Zapfenstreich der NVA (last torch-ceremony before the reunification). I recognised it! I had attended it in person in 1989. Even found a youtube video of the event although I couldn't find myself in the crowd.
  
• There's an ugly statue of Thälmann in Berlin that they erected for his 100th birthday. (google "Thälmann Denkmal" and you'll see how hideous it is, they could've at least given me a hat and made my fist face the right direction like my avatar). Unfortunately I had to attend the ceremony and listen to the drivel they said about me. I avoided the statue like the plague afterwards. Urrrghhh.
  
• I was at a live concert where the Wachregiment's choir was singing. Good times. I miss my Waffenbrüder. I found a private forum for former Wachregiment members only but it doesn't feel right for me to join and they'd think I'm a nutjob.
• The main purpose of the Stasi's Wachregiment was to protect the government officials. It was usually uneventful but one day we got to go to Moskau! The Soviets were celebrating some sort of anniversary in the Red Square, probably in the 70s but I haven't verified it yet, and the DDR officials were invited. I was on guard duty once again. The speaker was speaking from Lenin's mausoleum and I secretly hoped he'd trip and fall off the side, since Lenin would've laughed too if he were still around.
• Similarly, I took part in the DDR anniversary celebration multiple times. The Wachregiment were all lined up on the left side of the street, while two black convertibles drove down the road. Inside, were some commanders/officers/important people standing up while saluting. I hoped they'd lose balance when the car started but alas, that never happened.

It's getting late too for me so I hope it's not too long and incoherent.

Spiegel

 

[Spiegel]

I heard recently that this forum will become read-only which is, although unfortunate because I only joined recently, an understandable decision from the administrators. 25 years is a long time indeed!

Here's a continuation of my thread on the new forum:
http://reincarnationandspiritualityforum.com/
http://www.computermusicguide.com/forum2/viewtopic.php?t=6

Or just find me going by the name Roter Spiegel on there or the Military Past Lives forum.

 

[Speedwell]

I heard recently that this forum will become read-only which is, although unfortunate because I only joined recently, an understandable decision from the administrators. 25 years is a long time indeed

It's good that you managed to find some alternative places to post - there might be interesting stuff from others there as well.

Since that earlier announcement, there has been a positive change in direction here as announced in this thread:
http://www.reincarnationforum.com/threads/new-announcement-the-forum-is-still-alive.10026/

That is, this forum is still alive and well.