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Article: BACK TO THE WALL; German politician with Scots dad remembers Berlin's greatest day.(News)
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- Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
- Article date:
- November 7, 2009
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Byline: Annie Brown
THE memory of his aunt's first visit from the East to the West of Germany and her tears of joy as she saw laden supermarket shelves is still vivid for German politician David McAllister.
With the collapse of the BerlinWall came reunification, not just of Germany but of many families like David's, who were split by the massive brick and steel barrier.
For those now able to travel to the West, a new world opened up, a world of political freedoms and of luxuries previously only dreamed of.
David, whose father was Scottish ...