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Escape from East to West Berlin, October/November 1989: In front of the Wall at Brandenburg Gate [3/3]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Info

November 1 - 10 1989
Berlin, Brandenburg Gate
Created By: Jürgen Lottenburger

License: Creative Commons License

Depicts

barrier grid, Berlin Wall (West), border guard, flag of the GDR, group of people, man, mural crown, red flag, urban renewal, Wall graffiti

Context

escape, escape route, refugee, wave of refugees, youth

People/Organizations

Jürgen Lottenburger

Places

Brandenburg Gate

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Memory

"By autumn 1989 a whole wave of refugees from the GDR were on the move towards the West, their route taking them via Prague and Budapest. And owing to the large number of defections, the GDR authorities had stopped issuing travel permits for Czechoslovakia and Hungary. My son (just turned 18 and finished with his studies) had also planned to flee. He decided to fly to Bucharest because the authorities were unaware that people were defecting from Romania. From there he wanted to get the train back to Budapest in order to travel up to Berlin via Austria and Bavaria. Escape planned – and executed. He finally reached his destination at the beginning of November – just days before the Wall fell."

Jürgen Lottenburger (West Berlin)