Farmer Flees On Tractor
(N .7. J>. A.-Reuter—Copyright) BRUNSWICK (West Germany), Sept. 21
An East German farmer, apparently about to spread fertiliser on a frontier field, suddenly turned his tractor and trailer westwards and drove across the border into West Germany yesterday, reports the West German news agency, D.P.A. East German border police were caught unawares. When the farmer reached safety, his wife and four children, aged from two to 12, climbed out from the fertiliser. Another farmer and his family in a nearby region of the Harz Mountains drove to the border over a roundabout route yesterday, dashed across the East German ploughed strip on the frontier, dodged police bullets and found refuge in the West.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19610922.2.119
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume C, Issue 29625, 22 September 1961, Page 11
Word Count
117Farmer Flees On Tractor Press, Volume C, Issue 29625, 22 September 1961, Page 11
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in