1 January 1965 – 3 January 1965 · False papers and disguises · Friedrichstraße station
Two young people slip out with the Passierschein crowds at Friedrichstraße
A 21-year-old woman and a 19-year-old man escaped into West Berlin by mingling with the crowds of West Berliners returning from Passierschein visits at the Friedrichstraße U-Bahn station.
A CIA chronology of reports on the Berlin situation records, under 1–3 January 1965, that a 21-year-old woman and a 19-year-old man escaped into West Berlin by mingling with the returning Passierschein crowds at the Friedrichstraße U-Bahn station in East Berlin.
Sources
Whose account is this? Told from a Western official record only.
Western official records
- Berlin Chronology: A Chronology of Reports Concerning the Berlin Situation, received during the week ending 12 January 1965 (CIA/OCI No. 0521/65, CIA-RDP79T00472A001200010002-6)CIA CREST (Internet Archive copy of the CIA reading room)
Known from a single report line: the source says no more than this page.
Facts checked against the sources: November 2026
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Berlin Experiences, “Two young people slip out with the Passierschein crowds at Friedrichstraße”, Berlin Wall Escapes, 2026, https://berlinwallescapes.com/escapes/friedrichstrasse-passierschein-crowd-1965-01-01/ (accessed [date]).
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