Ein Berliner facts
While investigating facts about Ein Berliner, I found out little known, but curios details like:
6 of the most famous speeches in history; Eisenhower's "military–industrial complex", JFK's "ask not what your country can do", "we choose to go to the moon", Mandela's "I am prepared to die", JFK's "ich bin ein Berliner", and MLK's "I have a dream" were made within 2 years of each other.
JFK was right to say 'Ich bin ein Berliner' and it's only in the English speaking world we think he was laughed at for calling himself a jam filled doughnut.
In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across. Here are 6 of the best facts about Ein Berliner I managed to collect.
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The belief that when JFK said "Ich Bin Ein Berliner" he actually said "I am a jelly donut" is wrong. The myth was perpetuated by a novel in the 80's and continued on through retellings of the stories by newspapers and other media outlets.
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JFK didn't actually call himself a jelly donut in his "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech
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The famous german phrase at the Berlin-Wall-protests "Wir sind ein Volk" (=we are one people), was not primarily meant to be about the reunification of west and east Germany, but about east-german people shouting at the wall-guards to not shoot their own people when they want to pass the wall
