Wouldn't mind a little Thai food myself. 
The Berlin Wall
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West Berliners citizens peering through the Wall into the Eastern sector near Check Point Charlie.
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Sculpture of the famous Konrad Schumann (1942/1998) on Berlin, the East German border guard, who in 1962 defected from the East to the West across the Berlin Wall.
On 20 June 1998, suffering from depression, he committed suicide, hanging himself in his orchard near the town of Kipfenberg in Upper Bavaria.
On 20 June 1998, suffering from depression, he committed suicide, hanging himself in his orchard near the town of Kipfenberg in Upper Bavaria.
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A West Berliner see the grave marker of an East German woman who died in an attempt to escape East Berlin, Aug 1961.
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West German children chatting with East German border guards after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.
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1961, East Berlin police officers in full observation of West Berlin.
I think they are just peeping Toms.
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The first and the last of those who tried to cross to the Western side.
On Aug 24, 1961, Günter Litfin (24) was shot dead by members of the police during his attempt to escape to West Berlin by swimming from Humboldthafen, a small port on the Spree River.
On Feb 6, 1989, Chris Gueffroy (20) was the last person to be killed at the Wall during an escape attempt.
On Aug 24, 1961, Günter Litfin (24) was shot dead by members of the police during his attempt to escape to West Berlin by swimming from Humboldthafen, a small port on the Spree River.
On Feb 6, 1989, Chris Gueffroy (20) was the last person to be killed at the Wall during an escape attempt.