Escaping from the East

During a conversation with Beate Vollack, a dancer/choreographer (and now dance director... congratulations!) who was born and raised in East Berlin, I asked her about the different ways people tried to flee the East. Her response was, "If you can imagine it, somebody tried it." People were quite creative. Some examples include hijacking a train, using a hot air balloon, jumping the wall, and using escape tunnels.

If you visit Berlin today, you can actually tour some of these escape tunnels.

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