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This issue is somewhat subtle. Let us look at the list of German astronauts:
> https://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Liste_deutscher_R...
If you consider "East German" as "born in the GDR", also Ulf Merbold, the second German in space, who is seen as the first West German in space, is actually East German. :-)
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This issue is somewhat subtle. Let us look at the list of German astronauts:
> https://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Liste_deutscher_R...
If you consider "East German" as "born in the GDR", also Ulf Merbold, the second German in space, who is seen as the first West German in space, is actually East German. :-)