6 September 1961 · Window jumps
Down a rope from the third floor of Dresdener Straße 114
On 6 September 1961 two people let themselves down on a rope from their third-floor flat at Dresdener Straße 114 onto West Berlin ground.
According to the Stasi report covering 4 to 7 September 1961, on 6 September two people let themselves down by a rope from their flat on the third floor of Dresdener Straße 114 onto West Berlin territory.
The report grouped it with other escapes from border houses in the same reporting period, in Waldemarstraße, Bernauer Straße and at Ackerstraße 43.
Sources
- Jahrgang 1961: Lage nach dem Bau der Berliner Mauer (19) – Bericht Nr. 546/61, 7. September 1961Stasi-Unterlagen-Archiv (DDR im Blick)
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