German whose blunder opened Berlin Wall early dies
BERLIN — Günter-Schabowski, the former East German Communist Party official who accidentally announced the opening of the border between East and West Berlin when responding to a reporter's question, has died. He was 86. Ref. Source 3u
The first time I read this I thought it must have been a cruel joke or the biggest mistake ever. How could he get mixed up about an issue the world is looking at for so long in anticipation?
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