(Source: , via abortmelol) An East German soldier helping a boy
cross the newly formed ‘Berlin Wall,’ 1961. From what is known,
the photograph was taken the day the emerging Wall was put up in
August 1961 and the boy was found on the opposite side of the
wall from his family. Despite given orders by the East German
government to let no one pass, the soldier helped the boy
through the barbwire. Near the exact time this photo was taken,
it was said that the soldier was seen by his superior officer
who immediately detached the soldier from his unit. Concerning
the fate of the soldier, most descriptions that come with
photograph say that “no one knows what became of him.”