A German soldier going against direct orders to help a young boy cross the newly formed Berlin wall, 1961.

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image showing A German soldier going against direct orders to help a young boy cross the newly formed Berlin wall, 1961.

SausageMcWonderpants on July 17th, 2018 at 15:52 UTC »

The thing about this is the East German soldier was letting the boy into East Berlin. He was with family visiting the Western side and got separated in the chaos of the first day of the wall (wire at the time).

The soldier was removed from duty there and transferred to another unit.

N0RSEY on July 17th, 2018 at 16:50 UTC »

Y’all just gonna’ snitch on him like that?

lunacha on July 17th, 2018 at 17:26 UTC »

The soldier's face just says it all about how risky this is.