Over The Wall

Keystone1961-09-10

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10th September 1961: A woman is lowered from a window in Bernauer Strasse on a rope to escape into the western sector of Berlin after the post-war division of the city. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

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Title: Over The Wall
Creator: Keystone
Date Created: 1961-09-10
Provenance: Hulton Archive
Subject Keywords: Group, Escape, Divided, City, Rope, Assistance, Lifestyles, Vertical, Black And White, Window, Germany, Berlin, Wall, Politics, Escape, Refugee, Communism, Males, Females, Women, Lowering, Government, Postwar, Bernauer Strasse, Crisis, 1960-1969
Collection ID: 60
Collection: Hulton Archive
Artist Title: Stringer

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