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This was the scene when two East German border guards patrolled atop of Berlin Wall with the illuminated Brandenburg Gate in background, in Berlin, Nov. 14, 1989.
Monday, Nov. 09, 2009

Open quoteWith hindsight, it's the border guards we must thank.Close quote

  • HANS MODROW,
  • East Germany's last communist Prime Minister, on the East German soldiers who ignored orders to shoot at the people crossing into West Germany on Nov. 9, 1989
Photo: Jockel Finck / AP | Source: BBC