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Thread #124969 Message #2763729
Posted By: Amos
10-Nov-09 - 05:11 PM
Thread Name: BS: Fall of Berlin Wall 1989
Subject: RE: BS: Fall of Berlin Wall 1989
'I Gave my People the Order -- Raise the Barrier'
Lieutenant-Colonel Harald Jäger was in charge of the East Berlin checkpoint at Bornholmer Strasse on Nov. 9, 1989, and was the first border guard to allow East Germans to cross over to the West -- without an order from his superiors. In an interview with SPIEGEL ONLINE, he describes that historic night.
AN interview with the Lt-Col can be found on this page. Very moving.