West Berlin, June 26, 1963. The Berlin Wall's been up for less than 12 months. JFK's opportunity to inspire the West - and make up for that whole Bay of Pigs thing.
"All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin.
Ich bin ein Berliner!"
Translation: I am a jelly donut.
Who knew that JFK was such a fan of sufganiyot? You'd think he'd have been totally put off of the Jews and kosher food by that whole rabbi's curse on the house of Kennedy.
Sufganiyot are delicious, so I guess he was willing to overlook it. Or maybe there was someone in the White House who bade him look the other way.
Berlin, by the way, is packed with ein berliner-themed souvenirs.
I brought home a million bumper stickers of jelly donuts saying, Ich bin ein berliner! They look like turds, and they get funnier with time.Check out Eddie Izzard's hilarious take on this here.
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