"People could have been injured or killed even without shots being fired. In scuffles, or if there had been panic among the thousands gathered at the border crossing. That's why I gave my people the order: Open the barrier!"::::::::
On the evening of Nov. 9, 1989, Harald Jäger was in charge at the border crossing at Bornholmer Strasse. When thousands of East Berliners showed up wanting to cross to the West, he gave the order to open the border.
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Lance Ciepiela is a retired senior who had an interesting career in government service - a United States Marine Corps [ USMC ] Vietnam Era veteran, who became interested in restoring the Constitution after I realized that George W. Bush had attacked (
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