The Hidden Victims Of The Cold War, Shot Down At The Berlin Wall

BERLIN - She’ll never know why, on August 7 1970, her father was in the border area near the Berlin Wall. The only thing she knows is that East German border guards fired 177 shots at him. Monika N. was 13 when she lost her father. Her sister was a year older. The worst thing on that summer day, she...

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