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Front Row Seat:
Imagine spending several hours crammed behind the front grill of a car. Eighteen East German refugees did just that, hiding in this car to flee to West Berlin. The car's 18 escape missions took place in the first year after the erection of the Berlin Wall. After that, border guards began inspecting vehicles more carefully and hiding behind the grill was no longer safe.
Safely in West Germany, a woman crawls out of the front of the escape vehicle. |