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Secret police, secret papers
Secret police, secret papers
Last Modified: 13 Aug 2007
By:
Helene Cacace
More4 News reveals the Stasi policy to shoot anyone trying to flee East Germany.
They never stood a chance - secret papers reveal the Stasi policy that ordered border guards to shoot to kill anyone who tried to flee East Germany for the West.
Newly found East German secret police documents have cast new light on the shoot to kill instructions given to soldiers guarding the border to the West.
On the day that Germany commemorates the building of the Berlin wall, it's stirring up controversy over how high up the blame should go for the deaths of those trying to cross.
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