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The course of her life and her life: For months, Michael Baumann (front) and Bert Greiser (directly behind) had trained for this moment. On April 8, 1989, the two 27-year-olds wanted to escape from the GDR. The plan was simple: they just wanted to run through the border crossing on the Berlin Chausseestraße. Then a shot fell that annoyed even the SED tip.
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The course of her life and her life: For months, Michael Baumann (front) and Bert Greiser (directly behind) had trained for this moment. On April 8, 1989, the two 27-year-olds wanted to escape from the GDR. The plan was simple: they just wanted to run through the border crossing on the Berlin Chausseestraße. Then a shot fell that annoyed even the SED tip.
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