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Sporting Witness: East Germany's World Cup Moment

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12/05/2018 GMT

East Germany's World Cup Moment

BBC World Service - Sporting Witness, East Germany's World Cup Moment

How the East Germans beat West Germany in a famous Cold War victory in 1974.

At the 1974 World Cup, the East and West German football teams clashed on German soil in Hamburg. The East Germans had crossed the Berlin Wall for the tournament and - in a moment never to be forgotten - defeated the great West German team of Franz Beckenbauer 1-0. Tim Mansel talks to former East German defender, Gerd Kische, and Klaus-Peter Beese, one of the East German fans allowed by the Stasi secret police to travel to the game.

PHOTO: East German forward Juergen Sparwasser (L) scores the winning goal in 1974 (Getty Images)

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