282. Pres. Deiter F. Uchtdorf's memories of East Germany and the fall of the Berlin Wall!
This is an article in Meridian Magazine, and also Deseret News. It is very touching, and a bit long to read but I didn't want to condense it. It is an important part of history. The Deseret News had an hour-long interview with President Uchtdorf as he recalled his escape from East Germany. November 9th, Sunday, marked the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall. The LDS Church and the Berlin Wall: President Uchtdorf recalls escape from East Germany, life with the wall By Tad Walch , Deseret News Published: Saturday, Nov. 8 2014 10:29 p.m. MST Seated in his office in the LDS Church Administration Building, President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, second counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint, looks at a piece of the Berlin Wall. Tad Walch, Deseret News President Dieter F. Uchtdorf made a harrowing escape from East Germany as an 11-year-old before construction of the Berlin Wall, then h