Before the Berlin Wall was built, residents of East Berlin could easily visit relatives in West Berlin.
Boys also often make excuses to sneak into the cinemas of West Berlin to see the full breasts of the actresses on the screen – which they can talk about for a long time.
On this day, Theo and Kurt, who sneaked into the movie theater, were deeply shocked by the press briefing a few minutes before the film was screened.
This was October 1956, and Hungarian students took to the streets one after another, making sixteen demands such as "the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Hungary, free elections, the reorganization of the government under the leadership of Najib, freedom of association, economic reform, the release of political prisoners, freedom of thought, speech and press, the restoration of March 15, 1848 as a national holiday, the modification of the national emblem and army uniforms, and support for the Polish independence movement."
On October 23, in Budapest, Hungary, about 25,000 students and citizens gathered around the statue of the Polish general in Bême Square to sing loudly the forbidden song of Petofi, the National Song:
Rise up, Hungarians, the motherland is calling!
It's time, it's not too late to do it!
Willing to be a free man, or a slave?
You choose for yourself, that's the question!
The press briefing broadcasts the Hungarian resistance movement against the Soviet occupation forces.
Back at the tavern in East Berlin, the brothers no longer shared the actress's breasts with their classmates as usual, but excitedly, mysteriously, and innocently told the news bulletins they saw.
However, he was stifled back on the spot by his friend Eric, because the East German newspapers wrote that this was a counter-revolutionary riot led by fascists.
Unable to suppress their curiosity, the children ran to their uncle outside their classmate Paul, the home of old Edgar, to eavesdrop on the enemy station, the RIAS broadcast in the American-occupied area.
Sad news came on the radio that hundreds of Hungarian demonstrators had been killed during the confrontation, including the captain of the Hungarian national football team, Ferenc Puskas, an idol of the children.
This deeply stimulated the children. The next day at school, Kurt proposed that everyone observe a 2-minute silence to mourn the Hungarian youth who died in the protest, and after the majority raised their hands in agreement, the children began to sit in silence. Just then the teacher came in, and the strange silence infuriated him. He immediately reported the matter to the headmaster.
For children, this is just a simple, mournful ritual that will eventually end. Classes will continue as usual, love will continue to talk, and wait for the upcoming graduation as usual.
However, the incident slid in an uncontrollable direction. The principal originally wanted to calm down and deal with the incident coldly. However, the teacher stabbed it into the Education Bureau.
The leaders of the Education Bureau attach great importance to this silent incident, and constantly put the program on the line, and must find out the reasons and find out the leader. The purpose is clear, that is, to expel the leader from the school and not to let him graduate. In order to achieve the purpose of deterring others, the seeds of resistance are strangled in the cradle.
Not graduating means not being able to get into a good job and being put on another book for the rest of your life.
Officials threaten and induce people to dig up the culprits behind the scenes. I didn't expect the children to be unusually united. However, the officials took advantage of Eric's father's historical problems to crush him, and he confessed to Kurt. They told him that his deceased father, whom he had always regarded as a hero, was in fact a traitor to the party. If the leader is not named, they publish the file in the newspaper.
In fact, Eric was a qualified "socialist child", he believed in socialism, hated the fascists, and of course he did not listen to the enemy.
However, Kurt is the son of the city council chairman, and the education bureau official tells him that all will be well if he plants the booty on Eric. Because of the deeply devastated Eric, in a fit of rage, shot a shooting instructor who had been a SS commando and would face a ten-year sentence.
Kurt, tormented by his conscience, was unwilling to do so, so he fled to West Berlin overnight.
Naturally, his act was identified as an "absconding from crime." At this point, the officials of the Education Bureau thought that even if the incident was over, everything could return to calm. As long as everyone comes out and identifies Kurt.
However, something unexpected happened, starting with Theo, one child after another stepped forward and admitted that he was the leader.
Angry officials, expelled the entire class. Yes, she expelled the entire class.
The children were in East Germany and could not get their diplomas. But they can go to Siddhartha! So they defected en masse from the German Democratic Republic.
The 2018 German film, called Das schweigende Klassenzimmer (Translated into English: The Silent Revolution), is based on real historical events.
In the real incident, there were more than 20 people in the class, and only 4 children did not flee to West Germany.
This is a small sesame thing, and at most criticism and education can be done. However, in the eyes of the despots, it seems that there is a raging rebellion burning there, and they always want to make small things into big things, and then concentrate on doing big things.
"When sharp criticism disappears completely, moderate criticism will become harsh; when moderate criticism also disappears, silence will be considered malicious; and if silence is no longer allowed, it will be a crime to praise it not hard enough."
On August 13, 1961, just five years after the children defected, the East German government began building the famous "Berlin Wall" in order to prevent the East Germans from fleeing to West Germany.
By 1989, Eastern Europe was in dramatic change. On November 9 of that year, the Berlin Wall fell. It was demolished in June 1990 and reunified on October 3.
On December 26, 1991, the once-mighty Red Empire, the Soviet Union, officially disintegrated.