German police have said they are concerned that border officers might face legal problems after a court blocked the ...

Former Officer With East Germany’s Secret Police Sentenced to Prison for a Border Killing in 1974 BERLIN ... 1974 on behalf of the East German secret police, German news agency dpa reported.

More than 600 of them died in the process, often shot dead by East German border guards. A few weeks after Martin N. shot Kukuczka, the East German state honored him for “rendering harmless” the ...