Why did an East German soldier risk his life to help a little boy cross the Berlin Wall?

After World War II, Germany was divided into East Germany and West Germany by Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union. East Germany was under the control of the Soviet Union at that time, and there were British and American officers in West Germany. Due to the great differences in the ruling modes between the two sides during the occupation period, people lived relatively comfortably in West Germany, while in East Germany they were completely under the oppression of the Soviet Union. So shortly after the end of World War II, a large number of East German civilians poured into West Germany. To avoid this, the Soviet Union built the famous Berlin Wall.

After the end of World War II, in a short period of two years (1945-1947), 400,000-500,000 people were lost in the Soviet-occupied areas of East Germany every year, during the period of 1949- 19 1, that is, before the establishment of the Berlin Wall.

Since 196 1 began to build the Berlin Wall, the border of West Berlin was completely blocked by the Soviet Union, and no one was allowed to enter or leave. After receiving the order, the East German troops began to impose martial law on the whole border and set up a long barbed wire fence. When the Berlin Wall was built, concrete was used, which made it very strong and made it really a wall separating the two worlds. Moreover, during the construction period, the Soviet army also ordered the army to shoot civilians who tried to cross the border at will for no reason.

Later, in order to better manage, the East German army even set up some obstacles near the construction area, such as fences, minefields, etc., in order to create an unmanned area near the Berlin Wall, so as to more clearly distinguish whether anyone wants the shipping boundary. But under such martial law, many families were separated, with their wives in East Germany and their husbands in West Germany. My brother is in West Germany and my brother is in East Germany. These people think about their loved ones every day and night, just separated by a wall, but they seem very far away.

However, not all East German soldiers were so cold-blooded. When the Berlin Wall was first built, clothes were warm. At that time, there was a family who lived in East Germany before martial law. At that time, the hostess of this family had just given birth to a baby boy. In the later days, my mother would cross the border between East and West Germany every day to buy the materials needed for life in West Germany. One day, however, the hostess crossed the border as usual. When she came back, she found that martial law had been imposed and she could never return to East Germany, so she was separated from her children and husband by the Berlin Wall.

In East Germany, the father took care of his son very carefully, and his son grew up day by day until he could start walking. However, the father knows very well that if the child needs a complete childhood, he can't live without his mother, but the border has started martial law, and no one can pass. So the father came up with a way to let his children go to the border alone and pray for the defending soldiers to send him there, because only ignorant children will be shot directly near the border.

So the child listened to his father's words and slowly walked to a soldier who was standing guard on the border. At first, the soldier was puzzled when he saw a child who was only a few years old coming slowly, but he didn't do anything drastic. When the child came to the soldier, the child handed the soldier a small flower. Maybe the morale of the soldiers softened at that time. However, the soldier heard the child say, "Uncle, can you let me through?" ? My mother is waiting for me over there. I miss her very much. "

The soldier understood the boy's intention. At first, the soldiers felt embarrassed, and most of them ignored the children's prayers. However, the child never seemed to give up, and the soldiers seemed to sympathize with the child until the child said, "Uncle, I want my mother, and my father told me that only my mother can give me a wonderful childhood." After hearing this passage, the soldier's psychological defense seems to have been completely defeated. So the soldiers began to look around. When he saw other soldiers, he picked up the child blocked by barbed wire and secretly sent the child to West Germany.

However, this incident was finally exposed quickly. His superior officer was very angry when he learned about it, so he angrily took the young soldier who was still laughing away. The following photo was secretly taken by a photographer at that time, and he named him "No one knows what happened to him." No one knows what happened to him (the soldier).

The Soviet policy at that time believed that friends who knew history were very clear and violent. You will be shot, especially those traitors. The soldier may have paid the price of his life in order to let a child who is only a few years old see his mother. His duty was to stop civilians from crossing the line, but he helped a civilian cross the line. For this army, it is undoubtedly a traitor's practice. However, the soldier was virtuous, and he was still happy for the child until he was taken away. The Berlin Wall seemed like a magic mirror, which proved many cruel aspects of East Germany at that time, until the Berlin Wall was officially demolished in June1989+065438+1October.