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Inside the Wall

By andofotherthings · On 12 Nov, 2014
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Lê T. T. Tuyên ● Occupation in the GDR: Student (66-72), PHD student (79-82) and many years of collaborating research for GDR and FRG until my retirement.

Vietnamese in the GDR

leTTTuyenName: Lê T. T. Tuyên

Age: 65

How long were you in the GDR for: Study (66-72), PHD student (79-82)

Occupation in the GDR: Student (66-72), PHD student (79-82) and many years of collaborating research for GDR and FRG until my retirement.

Occupation now: retired

Where were you when the Berlin Wall fell: working for UNI in Tokyo, Japan

Why did you return to Vietnam: I came back to my country to work and live

For me the GDR was… a dear place to which I’m deeply grateful

What is your most vivid memory of the GDR: Friendship, the relationships between students and tutors, cooperation

Would you return to the GDR if it still existed today? Absolutely, at least to visit my tutors and friends and the people I used to know.

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