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ARCHIVE: Berlin, Germany – 9 November 1989
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1. Wide of piece of Berlin Wall being lifted by mechanical digger
2. Chunk of wall coming down
3. People on top of the Wall at Brandenburg Gate helping others climb over
4. Border crossing at Bornholmer Strasse
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5. SOUNDBITE (English) Kerstin Sopke, Associated Press:
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“The Berlin Wall came crashing down 35 years ago, ending a division that scarred a nation and that had set the lives of German people on separate paths. That was especially true for German women. In the east, the economy was so weakened after the end of World War II, that getting women into the workforce was essential for the communist regime. And with childcare widely available, most women had jobs.”
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ARCHIVE: Dresden, Germany – 13 February 1965
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6. Various of women working in factory
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Banzkow, Germany – 28 October 2024
7. SOUNDBITE (German) Solveig Leo, worker in former East Germany:
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“All the heavy industry was in the West, there was nothing here. Women were simply needed to work our way out of that misery."
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Banzkow, Germany – 28 October 2024
8. Various of Leo looking at old photographs
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9. SOUNDBITE (English) Kerstin Sopke, Associated Press:
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“Living under communism in East Germany Solveig Leo juggled life as a mother of two children and the head of a large state-owned farm.”
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Banzkow, Germany – 28 October 2024
10. SOUNDBITE (German) Solveig Leo, worker in former East Germany:
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“My husband or I took the children to kindergarten in the morning. I was out almost every evening. First, I made supper at home, then put the children to bed and then I went to meetings. There was always something going on in the evening.”
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ARCHIVE: Dresden, Germany – 13 February 1965
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11. Various of women pushing prams and East German apartment buildings
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ARCHIVE: West Berlin, Germany – 1 January 1980
12. Border checkpoint, with flags flying above (French, British, American)
13. Close of American flag
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14. SOUNDBITE (English) Kerstin Sopke, Associated Press:
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“With Western allies backing West Germany, the economy recovered quickly from the total devastation of World War II. The success of the market economy, however, indirectly hampered women’s rights. Society remained more traditional, and women were expected to stay home to raise children.”
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ARCHIVE: Wolfsburg, Germany – 4 January 1972
15. Car production factory
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ARCHIVE: West Berlin, Germany – 1 January 1980
16. Women shopping
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Egelsbach, Germany – 18 October 2024
17. Various of photographs of Claudia Huth with her children
18. SOUNDBITE (German) Claudia Huth, housewife in former West Germany:
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“It never really occurred to me to go to work. There was no daycare, and I wouldn’t have thought of it either.”
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Berlin, Germany – 17 October 2024
19. East Germany historian Clara Marz looking at a photograph showing an east German woman at work
20. Close of photographs
21. SOUNDBITE German) Clara Marz, curated an exhibition about women in divided Germany for the Federal Foundation for the Study of the Communist Dictatorship in Germany:
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Berlin, Germany – 24 October 2024
23. People taking photos in front of the Berlin wall
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