Beth Winter

I can only testify to that but from the other side of 'the wall'. First venturing behind 'it' happened only 6 years after it came down but it was a similar experience to what you described, only with people looking up to us. Place this happened was St Petersburg and the surrounding countryside. I didn't follow what Mrs Moon exactly said but I guess it's nothing different from what Thilo Sarrazin has let loose in his book recently. I so don't get it. I live in England where, unless I open my mouth, I don't come across as German and I'm probably quick to get confy in other countries I speak the language off but I don't get why immigrants where the difference is more easily visible should negate their own culture. We have Japanese, Polish, Korean, Hongkong Chinese, Taiwanese, Turkish, US Americans, Canadians and 1 and a half Germans (and once upon a time someone from Greece) and a visiting student from Hungary for half a year in our department and I'm glad our place isn't racist.