Kreuzberged: Berlin Companion

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HEADS ON: A FAILED ESCAPE ATTEMPT TO WEST BERLIN

Today in Berlin: 15 August, 1989

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In the summer and autumn of 1989, in the final months of the Berlin Wall and Germany’s division, at least 18 people lost their lives trying to flee across the border from the East to the West. Many o…

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