Spice said his primary responsibility while in Germany was to patrol the border between West Germany and Soviet-controlled East Germany. “I’m very proud of the fact that I served overseas ...

But the negotiations broke down, in a tête-à-tête between France and West Germany on the night ... of reflection” on opening the East-West German border. As the exodus from Eastern Europe ...

Although the borders between East and West Germany were already open, they did not trust the peace. "The state had not yet abdicated," said Stötzer in an interview with DW. The police ...