This photograph was taken in 1961.It captures 19-year-old East German border guard Conrad Schumann jumping over a barbed-wire barricade at Bernauer Straße into West Berlin on August 15, 1961, just three days after construction on the early stage of the Berlin Wall began. This image features a historical propaganda flyer or postcard with text written in Simplified and Traditional Chinese. It details East Germans fleeing to West Berlin during the Cold War.Here is the direct translation of what it says:Large Red Header (Simplified Chinese)
- Text: 东德人民投奔自由
- Translation: "The East German people flee to freedom"
Lower Description Text (Traditional Chinese)
- Text: class="Z1qcYe" data-sfc-cp="" jsaction="" jscontroller="oSLmPe#HokZ0d" data-sfc-root="ep" data-epip="" jsuid="aOghx_2p" data-hveid="CAIIAQgKEAI" data-complete="true" data-sae="" style="margin: 0px; border-bottom: 0px rgb(22, 23, 26);">Translation: "The picture above shows the Marienfelde refugee reception center in West Berlin. Every day it is crowded with people who have escaped from East Germany. They reject Communism and flee to free areas at all costs."
Large Headline (Left)
- 奔向自由 东德警察 (Bēn xiàng zìyóu dōngdé jǐngchá)
- Leaping to Freedom: East German Policeman
Bottom Caption
- A fully armed East German "People's Policeman" is stepping over the barbed wire built by the East German Communist Party at the border, escaping to the freedom of West Berlin.
The handbill is in better than good shape. Light aging. No pin holes. Nothing was taped. Not torn. Original Not a copy! Propaganda most likely from Taiwan against Chinese overlords late 1950's thru the 1960's. Leaflets flyers distributed fighting communism. East Germany featured how so many heading west. Size of the flyer / handbill 5.25" x 7.5". It is double side paper. No COA. No ceritified paperwork of proof. Nothing graded. No writing on it. Offered as is as described!
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The handbill / flyerisvery well packed bagged and boarded with cardboard. Nothing is loose in the box.
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FRAGILE DON'T BEND DOCUMENT INSIDE
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