I grew up in West-Berlin, when is still was in the middle of Communist territory. Passing the border by car to transit through East-Germany (for a holiday, typically) took hours and the controls were harsh, with dogs and seaches and lots of paperwork and lots of questions.
I thought the reason was fighting highway robbery and always felt uneasy when we were visiting countries like Denmark of Switzerland where you wouldn't be harrassed for hours when entering. I thought they were irresponsible and dangerous places!
A childhood belief about politics
others believed things like this
- No passing zones on the highway. How come we just kep passing those signs? — Colleen
- In kindergarden my friend told me that there were 24 hours in the day and 15 hours in the night.— Cari
- For along time I thought the Middle East and Eastern Europe were just different names for the same place!— Helllowerer
- When my brother was 5 I use to swap a $5.00 note for lots of coins because he thought that I had more money— MATT NEWTON
- I thought that days had 100 hours in them. Very surprised to hear there were only 24.— Cassiopeia
- When I saw signs stating "Lots for sale" I thought it meant that there was a lot for sale.— Robin