> One day, when he was walking home from S-Bahnhof Treptow, a tank stopped next to Herr Neumann and a soldier poked his head out, yelling: ‘Does anyone want to go to Neukölln?’ Herr Neumann, caught completely off-guard, did not take the soldier up on the offer. Later, he heard that the soldier had successfully driven his tank through the Wall.

This is fascinating!

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netsharc 2 days ago | parent [-]

Must've been this guy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Engels

Funny how the 2 mean are in each other's story as "anonymous" extras.

	▲	dnemmers a day ago \| parent [-]
		"While he managed to escape to West Germany and gain his freedom, he ended up losing touch with his mother, who, being a dedicated communist, rejected him as a traitor to East Germany and denounced his escape." Ouch.