He had joined the border guards at 17 ... the sight of which prompted West German TV to report the borders were now open, which brought thousands more East Germans on to the streets.

Border guards allowed many East Germans over the border after ... "The feeling is just indescribable." East Germany's sudden decision to open the borders came at a Central Committee meeting ...

In a case that raised far-reaching political and moral questions, two former East German border guards were convicted Monday of having shot and killed a fleeing refugee in February 1989.

He was, after all, the East German border guard commander who made the decision to open Berlin's Bornholmer Strasse checkpoint — telling his men to stand aside and let the throng of people through.

A former East German border guard commander was convicted of manslaughter in the shooting deaths of East Germans trying to escape, including the last person to die at the Berlin Wall. Walter ...

In reality, the wall, which turned East Berlin into a vast open-air prison ... many of them shot by East German border guards. The wall was toppled on November 9, 1989, amid massive protests ...

Most of communist East ... that way until the border was opened on Nov. 9, 1989. The Bornholmer Strasse crossing in Berlin was the first to open that night. Border guards, who hadn't received ...

Communist East Germany closed its border in Berlin ... The Bornholmer Strasse crossing in Berlin was the first to open that night. Border guards, who hadn't received orders to let anyone pass ...

The two families were dicing with death, as guards protecting the border in East Germany, then part of the Eastern Bloc, were ordered to use lethal force to prevent people defecting to the West.