- I'm at Checkpoint Charlie,
the souvenir store right across from
the island that made the images so famous.
I am purchasing a piece of concrete,
but it's from The Berlin Wall.
The most important geopolitical
event of my lifetime.
And Mirko is going to
explain what I just bought.
- Yeah, hi, my name is Mirko,
and my English is not so good,
but I try to explain you something.
All pieces you see in this
shop is definitely real,
and from The Berlin Wall.
We sell the small
pieces, pieces like that,
we have different sizes, just like that,
we have pieces like that.
And this is also kind of souvenir.
But we also have the huge
rocks from The Berlin Wall,
from the original segment,
and this is not, any more, a souvenir.
This is more than a
trophy, how do you say?
It's more than a trophy, and
we sell it also worldwide,
because this huge piece is up to 10 kilos,
maybe a bit more.
And I'm very proud to be the shop leader,
and the team leader of this shop,
because I had a free
hand and can feel free
to organize and decorate the whole shop.
And I'm from the East of Germany.
I was born in East Germany,
and I've never been... how do you say?
I've never imagined that I stand
with 37 years in this shop,
and try to sell the last
pieces of The Berlin Wall.
But, it is how it is.
And, yeah - okay?
- So what about that piece?
What can you tell us about this?
- This piece is a... how do you say?
This piece is the end of the wall,
the end of one segment.
And you see the marks here in the middle,
and on the other segment is the negative,
Is this the term?
The negative, who fits
perfectly in this piece.
So one segment ends here,
and another one starts
immediately on this position.
And you also see the iron marks inside,
so this is a guarantee also that it's
a real piece from The Berlin Wall, yeah.
- And there's rebar there too.
- Yeah, right. I couldn't turn that,
but, oh I scratch everything,
but you have another stuff
to see from the other sides,
and yeah, it's all real.
- Well, thank you Mirko for
telling me what I just bought.
- [Mirko] Thank you.
- I can't believe I
bought a piece of concrete
for a number of Euros.
And, but, it's explaining
the importance of the event,
and all that it symbolizes,
and hopefully we will all
remember the lessons of the past,
yeah, and hope we don't
repeat them in the future,
and enjoy the present. Thank you.
- Thank you Mr. Fletcher. Thanks.
