Berlin Wall Escapes1961–1989

Year by year

1985

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  1. 14 July 1985

    Ladder escape from Kleinmachnow

    An 18-year-old used a ladder at Erlenweg in Kleinmachnow to get into the death strip and crossed every barrier under fire; a Stasi report blamed a lamp that kept going dark for 30 seconds.

    Over the wall · Reached the West · Kleinmachnow / Steglitz-Zehlendorf

  2. September 1985

    A water police officer sails his patrol boat to the West

    In September 1985 a GDR water police officer slipped away from his colleagues, boarded his service boat, faked a routine patrol and motored across the water border to West Berlin.

    By boat · Reached the West · Potsdam