25 August 1997 Posted on August 24, 2020 by Staff Egon Krenz, the former East German leader, is convicted of a shoot-to-kill policy at the Berlin Wall. Famous Words of Inspiration..."The greatest men sometimes overshoot themselves, but then their very mistakes are so many lessons of instruction." Tom Browne — Click here for more from Tom Browne Related posts: 5 June 1997 9 March 1796 13 June 1997 11 December 1997 17 August 1962 31 August 1997 31 August 1997 20 August 1997 22 April 1809 11 May 1997