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Footage shows alumni present at fall of the Berlin Wall

Last semester, College of William and Mary history professor Frederick Corney and his students discovered a man clad in a green crewneck sweater in a film showing the 1989 collapse of the Berlin Wall. 

The man, whose sweater had “William & Mary” emblazoned on the front in white lettering, became the subject of a coordinated effort to uncover his identity and determine how he came to participate in this historical moment. 

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