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Konrad Schumann, East German border guard, defects to West Germany by jumping over the makeshift border, Berlin, 1961

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Konrad Schumann, East German border guard, defects to West Germany by jumping over the makeshift border, Berlin, 1961

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konrad_Schumann

He lived in fear and then killed himself…

One must assume he had some good times as well, but the ending is certainly bleak.

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