CultureThe defector and the border guard40:39This browser does not support the video element.Culture11/07/2019November 7, 2019Jürgen 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.Copy linkAdvertisement