When was Krenz released from prison?
2003
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Answer
Egon Krenz, the last communist leader of East Germany, was released from prison in 2003 after serving six years of a six-and-a-half-year sentence for manslaughter in connection with the deaths of people trying to cross the Berlin Wall. He was the last of the East German leaders to be tried and convicted for their roles in the deaths of people attempting to flee the country.
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