“GRIEF AT THE WALL.”—This statue of a man slumped helplessly against a concrete barrier symbolises the tragedy of the divided city of Berlin. Designed by a 20-year-old student, the statue stands in Steglitz, a western suburb of Berlin. Since the wall was erected five years ago 139 persons have been killed while trying to cross into the western sector, but in spite of tight control by the Communists about 24,500 have escaped from east to west. The Berlin wall is 15 miles long.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31225, 24 November 1966, Page 17
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83“GRIEF AT THE WALL.”—This statue of a man slumped helplessly against a concrete barrier symbolises the tragedy of the divided city of Berlin. Designed by a 20-year-old student, the statue stands in Steglitz, a western suburb of Berlin. Since the wall was erected five years ago 139 persons have been killed while trying to cross into the western sector, but in spite of tight control by the Communists about 24,500 have escaped from east to west. The Berlin wall is 15 miles long. Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31225, 24 November 1966, Page 17
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