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Foiled escape attempt in Berlin, 1961

By Joe Gromelski
Published: January 13, 2012
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Berlin, November 1961: A man caught trying to flee into West Berlin from the city's Eastern sector takes one last look back at freedom as he is led away by Vopos, the East German police. Although his attempt was foiled, he was still more fortunate than the more than 200 people who were killed as they tried to escape to West Berlin between 1961 and 1989.

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