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How Two Families Escaped to West Germany in a Balloon Posted by on Sep 17, 2021

balloon hot air escape GDR east west germany

It’s September 16, 1979. Germany is still separated in East and West. The Berlin wall has stood for almost 20 years. Germans live and grow up in two very different realities. One communist and supervised by the state, the other capitalist and free. Before the wall, things were easier. Many chose to leave their homes…

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