As the beige car bounced up to the former Soviet barracks, the rattling of its half-century old motor overpowered the din of people setting up for the day’s festivities at a temporary fairground.
The driver of the little sedan, once considered the Mercedes of Eastern Europe, slipped the clutch, jolting the car forward.
The lapse earned a rebuke from a costumed parking attendant.
now,” he yelled with mock anger, referring to the extinct East German state.
“Leave your Western manners behind!”
Persons:
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Organizations:
Mercedes
Locations:
Wartburg, Eastern Europe