Escape Attempts in Germany | 1961
From 1945 up to the building of the Berlin Wall, around 3.5 million people flee the Soviet occupation zone and the later GDR. It threatens the economic potential of the GDR. Contradicting the claims made by the Chairman of the National Council of the GDR Walter Ulbricht at an international press conference in East Berlin on the 15th of June 1961, the wall is built on order of the SED-leadership under the watchful eyes of the People's Police and soldiers of the National People's Army.
Attempted East Berlin Escapes and the Wall: Let them come to Berlin
Germans attempting to escape East Germany. Throughout the video echoes President John F. Kennedy's famous Ich bin ein Berliner ( I am a Berliner) speech from June 26, 1963, in West Berlin from a platform erected on the steps of Rathaus Schöneberg for an audience of 450,000 Germans.
Watch rare footage of the building of the Berlin Wall and how Germans attempted to escape East Germany.The first barricades of what would become the Berlin Wall sprung up in August 1961.
There are many people in the world who really don't understand, or say they don't, what is the great issue between the free world and the Communist world.
Let them come to Berlin.
There are some who say -- There are some who say that communism is the wave of the future.
Let them come to Berlin.
And there are some who say, in Europe and elsewhere, we can work with the Communists.
Let them come to Berlin.
And there are even a few who say that it is true that communism is an evil system, but it permits us to make economic progress.
Lass' sie nach Berlin kommen.
Let them come to Berlin.
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CAN 350 East German people escape from East Berlin through tunnel
East German people escape from East Berlin through tunnel
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The Tunnel - Escaping from Communist Regime, Berlin 1961 [HQ].mp4
Universal Newsreel
(31 Dec 1961) Story 21, EAST BERLINERS JUMP TO FREEDOM,
200 UN 34-79, b&w, sound, 1961
04:34:03: Very good material of people looking across the border at each other.
04:34:35- East German soldiers reflect mirrors in the lens of western cameramen
04:34:40- Water hoses and smoke and tear gas bombs,
04:34:37- throwing smoke bombs back nd forth.
04:35:10- An old woman being pulled to and forth.
04:35:40- husband and wife jump from fifth floor to net
04:36:15- Building along border,
04;36:30- women running through barbed wire.
04:37:30- woman in white jumper escaping
great commentary about Khrushchev's face being slapped by escapees
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Escape from GDR Berlin
Escape from GDR - Germany
By air and water.
Precursor to Agent 007
In an escape which made world news on September 9 1968, Bernd Boettger from Sebnitz , close to Dresden, was able to cross the Baltic Sea from East Germany to Denmark with an underwater scooter he had built.
At the time, the 28 year-old chemical worker, who had been preparing his escape for an entire year, had added a propeller he had built himself to a Trabant (East German automobile) engine waterproofed with fiberglass and polyester resin. He had connected the engine with a 40 cm long fiberglass cylinder which was used as a gas tank. Boettger used a one meter long snorkel to supply air to the carburetor and used a special pair of cables to control the throttle as well as to direct the self-made underwater scooter. In order to start the motor, the inventor used lawn mower push/pull cables.
The mini submarine kept him one meter underwater the whole duration of the crossing and thus made him invisible for potential followers. Boettger was able to cross the Baltic Sea from Graal-Müritz in East Germany all the way to Gedser on Denmark's coast in several hours. There was a critical moment during the underwater trip as Boettger encountered a patrol boat from the German Democratic Republic and had to stop his engine until they were a safe distance away and would not be able to hear the noise of the engine.
At the time, the extraordinary contraption was considered as revolutionary an invention as the motorcycle or the diving suit or rather as a combination of both by scientists such as professor F. Mueller of the technical University of Berlin. Improved and commercialized under the name Aqua Scooter by a West German company, Boettger's invention was used extensively in James Bond movies as underwater vehicle. More advanced versions of the scooter with electric propulsion are now used by professional and amateur divers worldwide.
Boettger himself did not benefit long from his invention. After his successful escape, he occupied himself with testing diving equipment and on August 27 1972, Boettger failed to return from a test dive on the Spanish coast. Officially, he drowned during a diving test, however, family members and friends believe the Staatsicherheit, the East German Security Agency, was involved in his death. Until today, the exact circumstances of Boettger's death have not been determined. The underwater scooter prototype is being displayed at the Wall Museum on Kochstraße in Berlin.
Last family to escape the Berlin Wall reflects on its meaning
Hans-Peter Spitzner and his daughter Peggy escaped across the Berlin Wall just before it fell. Now they say they see walls as monuments to political failures. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Mark Phillips has their story from Berlin.
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Berlin Wall Drama
Following World War II, the victorious Allies divided Germany into four zones, administered by the U.S., Britain, France (which became West Germany) and the Soviet Union (which became East Germany). Located within the boundary of the Soviet Zone, Berlin was similarly divided into four zones. The British, French and U.S. zones became known as West Berlin and the Soviet Zone as East Berlin. During the 1950s, more than three million East Germans avoided their country's emigration restrictions by crossing from East Berlin to West Berlin. By 1961, as many as 1,000 people a day fled to the West. To prevent East Germans from escaping to the West, the East Germans constructed a wall encircling West Berlin in August, 1961. The wall completely cut off by land West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin. The barrier included guard towers placed atop concrete walls.
PAN AM WORLD TRAVELER 1960s WEST GERMANY MUNICH HAMBURG ESSEN BERLIN WALL ESCAPE TUNNEL 60724
This mid-1960s black and white film opens with a DC-8 Pan American airplane as Pan Am sponsored this educational travelogue, German Edition. 500 cubic centimeter dirt-track motorcycle racers compete for the 1964 Blue Ribbon in Munich. Last minute repairs are made in the pits to the bikes, which run on pure methyl alcohol. Close-ups are shown of bike parts. A racer puts on his helmet and goggles. The race begins. A biker falls over. The crowd tries to avoid the dirt being sprayed in their faces. The winners are shown (:17-2:19). Prefabricated house and building parts are shown being made in a factory in West Germany. Pre-fabricated window walls are hoisted by crane into storage and onto special transport trucks. A crane swings them into a place on an apartment building. Additional sections are shown being put into place. The finished housing is shown (2:20-4:54). Members of the German Federal government and West German Parliament representatives arrive in Berlin for economic discussions. A signs reads 15 Jahre DDR. West Berlin residents wait in line to obtain a pass to East Berlin. Passport documents are shown. People walk past the barbed wire at the Berlin wall. Tourists visit a house in which a tunnel was dug to West Germany, through which multiple people escaped using a winch to come up on the West Germany side. Live footage is shown during the escape. The tunnel was discovered by East German police after 54 men, women, and children escaped (4:55-7:48). The Mexican State Ballet Company performed in Berlin. The dancers are shown getting into costume and makeup applied. The Mexican Hat Dance is shown being performed (7:49-9:10). A Pan AM DC-8 arrives and is guided to the gate by grounds crew. Pilots and stewardesses deplane the Jet Clipper Intrepid and are congratulated for miles flown at the Flughafen Hamburg airport (9:11-10:00). A large photography exhibit “What is Man?” is shown in Essen. Some photos shown are of love, age, and death. Some show graphic attacks on people while others feature smiling children (10:01-11:20). The parade of male horses is shown at La Silla. A horse is commanded to lie down and other riders on horses jump over it. Other compete for the crowd in Roman chariot races. A coach is led by a ten-horse team. A quadrille (dressage) performance is shown (11:21-12:45).
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Escape from East Germany.
This reeactment shows three teenagers trying to escape the GDR by jumping into one of the trains which were bringing refugees from the western german embassy in Prague to West Germany.
Hear their story. Watch the full documentary on: vimeo.com/BROADVIEWVOD
Der Dokumentarfilm Zug in die Freiheit on Demand:
East Germans escape to freedom through barbed wire buffer zone 1961
Berlin - The Wall Special Report Aka Flight Over The Wall (1965)
Title reads: The Wall - Special Report.
Flight over Berlin Wall - East German escapes by ladder, East Germany / West Germany.
High angled shot looking over the wall into cemetery in East German sector. C/U of gravestones. L/S of East German Guard patrolling in cemetery. C/U of Alsatian patrol dog on a running leash. All shots taken looking through barbed wire.
High angled shot of lorry backed up against gate of cemetery on West German side. Men in the truck are preparing to place ladder over barbed wire. M/S as ladder is being pushed over the wall. A man runs from behind a tombstone in the cemetery and catches hold of the end of the ladder. He scrambles to the top of the ladder, over the wall and into the back of the lorry. He embraces the people in the truck, a woman runs over and kisses the man. The truck drives off at speed. C/U of guards running. Top shot lorry driving off. M/S of ladder still propped up on East German side. M/S guard dog in cemetery.
The young man defecting is Stanislaus Gefreefer, a 25 year old mathematician.
FILM ID:1820.02
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Youth Shot At Berlin Wall (1962)
Unissued / unused material.
Youth shot at Berlin Wall, East Germany.
Various shots crowds of protesters gather as West German patrols advance on section of wall where the shooting took place. LS & MS looking over wall as East German soldiers carry the dead body of Peter Fleicher away (he was trying to escape over the wall into the West.) GV section of wall. Ground to air shot of helicopter. Various shots of general activity at section of wall where the killing took place. Shot of East German ambulance carrying the victim off. Various high angle shots East German patrols on far side of wall. Shots are all taken from West Berlin side of wall.
Date on dope sheet is 13/08/1962.
NB: Peter Fleicher also known as Peter Fechter.
FILM ID:3068.25
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Berlin After World War 2 | Berlin Before the Wall | Documentary | 1961
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This film (originally titled as ‘Journey Across Berlin’) is a 1961 documentary produced by the United States Information Agency (USIA) about the capital city of Germany, Berlin after World War 2. It documents the West's position on defense of Berlin against the Soviets. Beginning with the destruction and economic breakdown of the city at end of the war, the film presents significant historical events from an American perspective, such as establishment of occupation zones, Berlin blockade and airlift in 1948–49, uprising of 1953 in East Germany, elections in free Berlin and the West's determined actions to maintain the freedom of West Berlin. The film was completed a few months before the construction of the Berlin Wall (German: Berliner Mauer), a barrier that divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989.
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND / CONTEXT
As World War 2 came to an end in 1945, a pair of Allied peace conferences at Yalta and Potsdam determined the fate of Germany’s territories. They split the defeated nation into four “allied occupation zones”: The eastern part of the country went to the Soviet Union, while the western part went to the United States, Great Britain and France.
Even though Berlin was located entirely within the Soviet part of the country, the Yalta and Potsdam agreements split the city into similar sectors. The Soviets took the eastern half, while the other Allies took the western. This four-way occupation of Berlin began in June 1945.
Blockade and crisis:
The existence of West Berlin, a conspicuously capitalist city deep within communist East Germany, “stuck like a bone in the Soviet throat,” as Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev put it. The Russians began maneuvering to drive the United States, Britain and France out of the city for good. In 1948, a Soviet blockade of West Berlin aimed to starve the western Allies out of the city. Instead of retreating, however, the United States and its allies supplied their sectors of the city from the air. This effort, known as the Berlin Airlift, lasted for more than a year and delivered more than 2.3 million tons of food, fuel and other goods to West Berlin. The Soviets called off the blockade in 1949.
After a decade of relative calm, tensions flared again in 1958. For the next three years, the Soviets – emboldened by the successful launch of the Sputnik satellite the year before and embarrassed by the seemingly endless flow of refugees from east to west (nearly 3 million since the end of the blockade, many of them young skilled workers such as doctors, teachers and engineers) – blustered and made threats, while the Allies resisted. Summits, conferences and other negotiations came and went without resolution. Meanwhile, the flood of refugees continued. In June 1961, some 19,000 people left the East Germany through Berlin. The following month, 30,000 fled. In the first 11 days of August, 16,000 East Germans crossed the border into West Berlin, and on August 12 some 2,400 followed – the largest number of defectors ever to leave East Germany in a single day.
The Berlin Wall:
That night, Premier Khrushchev gave the East German government permission to stop the flow of emigrants by closing its border for good. In just two weeks, the East German army, police force and volunteer construction workers had completed a makeshift barbed wire and concrete block wall – the Berlin Wall – that divided one side of the city from the other.
Before the wall was built, Berliners on both sides of the city could move around fairly freely: They crossed the East-West border to work, to shop, to go to the theater and the movies. Trains and subway lines carried passengers back and forth. After the wall was built, it became impossible to get from East to West Berlin except through one of three checkpoints: at Helmstedt (“Checkpoint Alpha” in American military parlance), at Dreilinden (“Checkpoint Bravo”) and in the center of Berlin at Friedrichstrasse (“Checkpoint Charlie”). At each of the checkpoints, East German soldiers screened diplomats and other officials before they were allowed to enter or leave. Except under special circumstances, travelers from East and West Berlin were rarely allowed across the border.
Berlin After World War 2 | Berlin Before the Wall | Documentary | 1961
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DW reporter tells story of escape from East
DW's Brigitta Schülke tells the moving story of her family's escape from communist East Germany in the trunk of a car. Read more: dw.de/english
Top 10 Remarkable Escapes Across The Berlin Wall
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Rabbit a la Berlin
This Academy Award-nominated documentary is a fascinating history lesson told through the eyes of animals. The unknown story of the thousands of wild rabbits who lived in the Death Zone of the Berlin Wall. For 28 years, the strip of earth enclosed between the two walls was their safest of enclaves. Full of grass, no predators, guards to ensure that no one disturbed them. But sadly, one day, the wall fellThe rabbits fate serves as a guise for an allegorical tale of a totalitarian system.
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