Two youths climb the Wall
On 4 April 1971 two East German youths climbed the Berlin Wall and fled to the West, West Berlin police reported.
On 4 April 1971 two East German youths climbed the Berlin Wall and fled to the West, the West Berlin police reported the next day.
The report gives no names, ages or place.
Sources
- Two Flee to West Berlin (6 April 1971)The New York Times (AP)
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