Transcript: East German Diplomats out in the Cold After Unification

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November 8, 1994
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LINDA WERTHEIMER, Host: Tomorrow is the fifth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. The whole world rejoiced along with the East Germans on that day in 1989. From that moment on, it was a quick dash to Germany unity. But life did not improve for everyone after unification. Michael Lawton visited with some Germans who have found their new freedom is full of hardships.

MICHAEL LAWTON, Reporter: The world couldn't believe it, not even the people involved could quite believe it - from one moment to another, the border which had seemed so solid just melted, and the border guards who would have shot you yesterday were reduced to smiling as they ...

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