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Even though I had never been to Germany before, during my wandering through Berlin, I found many places in the city which already were familiar to me It wasn't deja-vu that caused this strange feeling of familiarity, it was a sudden recollection of the scenes I had seen in films. The movies had usually pictured the stories of ordinary people living in the communist German Democratic Repuclic, so through these stories I have also seen how the historical events unfolded. Therefore, for me, there always was a story behind the building and the memorials I passed by and the vivid memories on characters who had gone through the same boulevards I did. It felt like walking along roads I once had gone with the old friends who are no longer around.