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- proper noun Plural form of
East Berliner .
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Examples
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By midnight on November 9th, East Berliners started streaming across the wall.
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East Berliners knew that a mile away people were living much better lives, and their resentment was palpable.
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Mr. M ller was far better equipped for escape than most East Berliners.
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By midnight on November 9th, East Berliners started streaming across the wall.
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Cut to former East Berliners telling their stories of surveillance and imprisonment by the East German secret police, the Stasi.
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That's not bad when you consider the origins: a flustered East German functionary looking into the TV cameras and announcing, well, yes, as far as he knew, East Berliners could freely cross into the West — right now.
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By 10 p.m. 20,000 East Berliners were lined up at the border crossings ready to go
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He inadvertently said that East Berliners could go to West Berlin without previous permission.
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In open and dangerous defiance of the Russians and their East German puppets, thousands of West and East Berliners gathered in the middle of the city in a moving demonstration against tyranny.
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By midnight on November 9th, East Berliners started streaming across the wall.
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