Franz Branntwein wrote that people in the former GDR rose up for freedom twice between 1945 and 1990: on June 17, 1953, and on November 9, 1989. West Germans ate bananas during this time. He cited this as an explanation for why "Ossis" are, in his opinion, the way they are. https://t.co/wzqjfBpWpV #DDR #Freiheit #Geschichte (translated)