19 December 1979 – 20 December 1979 · Over the wall
Two young men climb the Wall
In the night of 19 to 20 December 1979 two young men climbed over the Berlin Wall from the East, West Berlin police reported.
In the night of 19 to 20 December 1979 two young men climbed over the Berlin Wall from the East, the police reported on 20 December.
The report gives no names or place.
Sources
- Two Escape Over Berlin Wall (21 December 1979)The New York Times (Reuters)
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