to 46 years after construction of the Berlin Wall, the discovery of a document in the archives of the Stasi sheds new light on the responsibilities of the death of (Estimated) 1100 desperate that they tried to cross the border of concrete that separated the two cities.
The leaders of East Germany at that time have always denied having given orders to shoot civilians.
But now here is proof: The paper specifically told by the soldiers to shoot anyone who tried to climb over the wall, including women and children. Guenter
Nook, commissioner of the German Government to human rights, said: "Those who ruled the GDR not only allow serious violations of human rights, but ordered to be committed. What would happen if such order appeared in documents of other countries? Violations Today usually arrive before the International Court of Justice in The Hague. "
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