Walking a straight path by taking many detours

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The communist regime in East Germany, also called the German Democratic Republic, heavily influenced the lives of its citizens. The careers of young high-school graduates were predetermined and planned by the state. As a result, Lutz Porombka, a young and promising graduate with good grades was ordained to study medicine. However, this was not the wish of the young man, who was much more keen on taking on the career of an electrical engineer. After the obligatory military service that lasted for 1.5 years, Lutz Porombka strove to earn a place at the Technical University in Dresden in the field of electrical engineering and after being rejected at first, eventually managed to succeed. After graduation, Lutz Porombka received a doctorate from the Dresden University. His instructing professor fled to West Germany after a stay in California. This aroused curiosity in the doctoral candidate and made him consider escaping to the West as well. However, he decided to stay in Dresden with his wife. In 1985, Lutz Porombka completed his doctoral studies and returned to his home in East Berlin.

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Lutz Porombka

Lutz Porombka was born on October 24, 1955, in Berlin and spent his entire childhood until his graduation from high school in East Berlin with his parents who were very close to the Communist party of East Germany. During this period, he witnessed the construction and expansion of the Berlin Wall first-hand because they lived in an apartment that was located right at the Wall near the Sonnenallee Avenue. Porombka married and completed his education and earned a degree in engineering from Dresden University after which the young couple returned to East Berlin where their two children were born. Despite the fact that they lived adjacent to the border in East Berlin, they didn’t see too much of the revolutionary events surrounding the collapse of the Berlin Wall. In 1991, they moved to Bingen am Rhein for professional reasons. They still live in Bingen today.

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In Dresden, der Landeshauptstadt Sachsens, wurden während der Zeit des Sozialismus viele Reste der stark zerstörten Stadt beseitigt. Die Umgebung der belebten Prager Straße glich einer Bruchlandschaft, ehe sie Anfang der 1960er Jahre im sozialistischen Stil wieder bebaut wurde. Zwischen dem 30. September und dem 5. Oktober 1989 fuhren Sonderzüge mit den Flüchtlingen aus der bundesdeutschen Prager Botschaft über Dresden in die Bundesrepublik. Im Oktober versammelten sich tausende Menschen am Hauptbahnhof, wobei es zu gewaltsamen Auseinandersetzungen zwischen Sicherheitskräften und Bürgern kam, die teils demonstrierten, teils die Züge zur Flucht erreichen wollten. Am 8. Oktober zogen ca. 20.000 Menschen durch Dresden und demonstrierten u.a. für Reise- und Meinungsfreiheit.

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Walking a straight path by taking many detours

Lutz Porombka