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The defector and the border guard

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November 7, 2019

Jürgen Cyrulik just wanted out of the GDR, but didn't know how. Fleeing through Bulgaria seemed like a possibility, so in 1988 he dared the escape — but was captured. Thirty years later he meets again with the border guard who caught him.

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