| Show European Report Tells Story Of E. Berlin Trip Fifth in a series of articles Jack and Renee Our trip into the Eastern Zone of Berlin was the most thrilling and eventful thing that ever happened to But far and beyond this it taught us a very great and grave lesson a lesson which can only be learned by seeing Communism in We entered the Russian Zone of Berlin illegally through the We were not stopped or detained at any time by the secret police who guard the We were accompanied by a student from the Free University of His name was As we crossed the line which divides the East and West zones we immediately felt as though we were being plunged into another Even below the city in the subway one experienced a strange and fearful Upon entering the Russian sector most of the people stopped talking or else their conversation was brought to a almost inaudible We left the subway and climbed the We were about yards from the Brandenburg This section of the so different from the West was quiet and there were no signs or sounds of An occasional car would drive down the street but other than that the streets were We had entered a section of town which before the war was one of the most beautiful Today it stands like a haunting skeleton to the people who once knew and loved Most of the buildings in this area have been bombed out One of the few remaining the show place of was destroyed by dynamite by the Russians after they began their occupation of the On the land where this beautiful palace once stood now stands a large cemented-in parade ground with bleachers at the This parade ground is used for the May Day celebrations and for the periodical marches of the German Across the street from these grounds is a museum the Karl Marx The Russians have built up very few parts of their zone of They have erected a memorial cemetery to the Russian dead of World War II over an old German The section of town which they have built up most and at the head of which stands a statue of is called street was most On either side of the wide street are high buildings pat after the government buildings in we were told In these buildings live the ruling In many ways they reminded us of the buildings of New A woman leaned out of one of the windows and behind her we could see a wash dripping dry in the living On the ground floor of these buildings are the government-owned There is no competition between these of are determined and fixed by the We priced shoes 90 The East German people earn marks as we in America earn if a worker made a mark an hour it would take him 90 hours to buy a pair of Needless to the people are very many of them look as if they are wearing pre-war Many of the younger Germans are dressed in uniforms which consist of a blue shirt and dark skirt or On this shirt are fastened Our German said that the East Germans earn medals instead of was much busier any other part of the Russian zone that we had There were a few old-model buses and many people on It was getting late and the people were returning home from but even though the streets became more crowded they were never The people talk in very quiet tones and there is absolutely no shouting or yelling of any kind not even by the We saw children in groups of fifty which were supervised by an older We were told that these ranging from the ages of 6 to were from Poland and were on a These children were all in uniform and were kept very busy playing games and rushing to see the points of interest of East our German told us of many changes that the Russians have made in the laws which govern He said that women could not obtain divorces and that men could get divorces from their wives on the re crime the r. the which could could h be contrived fairly easily by Wilhelm official US that Russian is the language of the East German government 5 East Berlin not a actually exists and that is what is so f heri were it is our L h f ree t significance can n of that freedom is far heater when one has n a people without |
