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Escape masters of East Germany slip to West in bold escapes
Reports from Frankfurt describe Czechs and East Germans using homemade balloons planes and secret car compartments to flee to West Germany or West Berlin. July 18 saw eight East Germans escape to Austria in two incidents and a Soviet vessel rescued a 26-year-old on the Baltic coast.
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Frankfurt
West Germany
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Baltic Sea
West Berlin
Horst Schumm
Haus Am Checkpoint Charlie
Berlin Wall
Schumm
Bonn
Munich
Bavaria
Andreas Wetzel
Bozej Strutz
Libor Veselsky
Thaya
Roding
Gatow
Donald Holder
Wilfried Vemmer
International Society For Human Rights
East Germany