Written: 17 September 2008 Nothing Lost in Translation The young and dashing president named John F. Kennedy arrived in Berlin and delivered his famous “Ich Bin Ein Berliner” speech in the summer of 1963. He intended for it to be a morale booster for the socially oppressed people of Berlin, but instead, it turned out to be so much more. Kennedy spoke to the citizens of not only West Berlin, but to those in East Berlin, trapped behind the wall, as well. Germany, at the end of World War II, had... read more
