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On August 12, '61.
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One day before the wall was built.
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Agood start forthe 100 meters.
TWO WEEKS EARLIER
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It was the last chance
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forthe German Freestyle Championship.
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And Lotte was so proud.
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Lotte is my sister...
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and my biggest fan.
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Comrades, this race is-
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It's a world-class race.
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Come on, Harry Melchior.!
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Matthis was also there,
my closest and best friend,
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Matthis, the engineer.
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He already knew what was happening,
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and the next day,
everyone else did, too.
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Harry Melchior is on his way
to becoming the champion.
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Lfhe keeps this up, we'll have
a new swimmer in the GDR.
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Harry Melchior is the German champion.!
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Super!
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They're taking bricks from my site.
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- Why?
- Don't you know what that means?
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They're building the wall.
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It's only a rumor.
Now just enjoy yourself!
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At fiirst I thought it was wrong
to enteranother race.
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But it wasn't.
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It was the right thing to do.
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It was my win,
and my plan worked.
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I was able to aggravate them all.
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Especially the functionaries.