East German Guard Recalls Shame Of Opening Berlin Wall, Then 'tears Of Joy And Cold Sweat' (AP) BERLIN (AP) - Harald Jaeger was a loyal East German border guard - respected and trusted to command a crossing point to the west on... [read full story]
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Checkpoint Guard Who Was Swept Aside in Berlin Wall Stampede By CHRISTEL KUCHARZ PASSAU, Germany, Nov. 9, 2009 When dozens of East Berliners showed up at the Bornholmer Strasse border crossing on a cold and gray November...
Checkpoint Guard Who Was Swept Aside in Berlin Wall Stampede By CHRISTEL KUCHARZ PASSAU, Germany, Nov. 9, 2009 When dozens of East Berliners showed up at the Bornholmer Strasse border crossing on a cold and gray November...
Checkpoint Guard Who Was Swept Aside in Berlin Wall Stampede By CHRISTEL KUCHARZ PASSAU, Germany, Nov. 9, 2009 When dozens of East Berliners showed up at the Bornholmer Strasse border crossing on a cold and gray November...
By Dorothee Thiesing The Associated Press BERLIN — Harald Jaeger was a loyal East German border guard — respected and trusted to command a crossing point to the west on Berlin's Bornholmer Strasse. So when his checkpoint was...
By Dorothee Thiesing The Associated Press BERLIN — Harald Jaeger was a loyal East German border guard — respected and trusted to command a crossing point to the west on Berlin's Bornholmer Strasse. So when his checkpoint was...
Harald Jaeger was a loyal East German border guard, trusted to command a crossing point to the west on The Wall. . So when his checkpoint was swarmed on Nov. 9, 1989, as East Germany announced the border was being opened after...
Published: Nov. 8, 2009 at 6:29 PM BERLIN, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- A former East German border guard says he was "no hero" for allowing people to swarm over the Berlin Wall the night the communist regime fell in 1989. Harald Jaeger...
By DOROTHEE THIESING - Associated Press Writer Harald Jaeger was a loyal East German border guard - respected and trusted to command a crossing point to the west on Berlin's Bornholmer Strasse. So when his checkpoint was...
Harald Jaeger was a loyal East German border guard — respected and trusted to command a crossing point to the west on Berlin's Bornholmer Strasse. So when his checkpoint was swarmed on the evening of Nov.
When Harald Jaeger's checkpoint was swarmed on the evening of Nov. 9, 1989, as East Germany announced the border was being opened after 28 years, Jaeger felt ashamed as he let the thousands pass through.
