How 2 Families Escaped East Germany In a Homemade Balloon
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Date: 2022-12-29
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Jack
Well Peter was an air force mechanic as opposed to gunter who was a brick layer, so Peter's claims that he built the balloon were probably true but he was still a bit of a dick about it. Unless ofcourse it was a situation where gunter discovered his escape plan being friends and blackmailed Peter into a chance for his family to ecapse too, less gunter go to the authorities to fill them in on the plan
How odd, you and your family escape the iron curtain with another, and the two of you part ways on sour terms, you'd think they'd celebrate together and be close, must be more to the story
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Well Peter was an air force mechanic as opposed to gunter who was a brick layer, so Peter's claims that he built the balloon were probably true but he was still a bit of a dick about it. Unless ofcourse it was a situation where gunter discovered his escape plan being friends and blackmailed Peter into a chance for his family to ecapse too, less gunter go to the authorities to fill them in on the plan
How odd, you and your family escape the iron curtain with another, and the two of you part ways on sour terms, you'd think they'd celebrate together and be close, must be more to the story
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Leon
I've always wanted to know what happened that first day after they landed in West Germany. After the West Germany policemen (as depicted in the films) found the two families - what happened immediately next? Did they bring any ID with them? Birth Certificates? Any money? No extra clothes with them. Did they get taken into care somewhere? What happened next? That's a real story right there in itself - the rebuilding of their lives on the other side of the wall. Anyone know?
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I've always wanted to know what happened that first day after they landed in West Germany. After the West Germany policemen (as depicted in the films) found the two families - what happened immediately next? Did they bring any ID with them? Birth Certificates? Any money? No extra clothes with them. Did they get taken into care somewhere? What happened next? That's a real story right there in itself - the rebuilding of their lives on the other side of the wall. Anyone know?
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Amy
People needing help to escape from East Germany figured heavily in the early seasons of the original MacGyver, with an additional episode later in the series involving one family after reunification. These episodes seem terribly dated now, but so does the rest of the series; however, who can resist watching all the MacGyverisms play out?
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People needing help to escape from East Germany figured heavily in the early seasons of the original MacGyver, with an additional episode later in the series involving one family after reunification. These episodes seem terribly dated now, but so does the rest of the series; however, who can resist watching all the MacGyverisms play out?
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TheBLGL
Everyone else in the comments: Communism bad! Sponsors also bad! Im capitalist but content creators dont deserve to make a living, wah wah!
Me: Oh, look, theyre talking about the International Balloon Fiesta AND Breaking Bad in the same episode, yay for Albuquerque. And it IS fiesta, not festival.
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Everyone else in the comments: Communism bad! Sponsors also bad! Im capitalist but content creators dont deserve to make a living, wah wah!
Me: Oh, look, theyre talking about the International Balloon Fiesta AND Breaking Bad in the same episode, yay for Albuquerque. And it IS fiesta, not festival.
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TheBeteljuice
You don't think much when you write your copy, do you? Light bulbs don't go off when you get an idea. You didn't know that? A flash bulb might go off, but not a light bulb. A light bulb goes on. I'm really sorry that my voice to text on my cell phone doesn't pick up my sarcasm you may infer it.
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You don't think much when you write your copy, do you? Light bulbs don't go off when you get an idea. You didn't know that? A flash bulb might go off, but not a light bulb. A light bulb goes on. I'm really sorry that my voice to text on my cell phone doesn't pick up my sarcasm you may infer it.
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Carmen
I saw a documentary on this. It seems that after the first crash, the wife lost a bottle of pills with her name on it. A guard found it but he decided not to mention it to his superiors, knowing that the consequences would be terrible for this family.
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I saw a documentary on this. It seems that after the first crash, the wife lost a bottle of pills with her name on it. A guard found it but he decided not to mention it to his superiors, knowing that the consequences would be terrible for this family.
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JacobDuhThrowbak
Hey guys love your videos but can you please not say hey Siri in the middle? I'm half deaf from my Bluetooth speaker getting 2x as loud whenever Siri is summoned lol. Keep it up, and please please please give us Timeline 2000s soon?
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Hey guys love your videos but can you please not say hey Siri in the middle? I'm half deaf from my Bluetooth speaker getting 2x as loud whenever Siri is summoned lol. Keep it up, and please please please give us Timeline 2000s soon?
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Joe
Don't use Breaking Bad as a punchline when your script writer has clearly never seen Breaking Bad. Walt & Jesse didn't use pseudoephidren except in the very first episodes & even then they don't go surfing around pharmacies. Sloppy smh
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Don't use Breaking Bad as a punchline when your script writer has clearly never seen Breaking Bad. Walt & Jesse didn't use pseudoephidren except in the very first episodes & even then they don't go surfing around pharmacies. Sloppy smh
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schizoidboy
The one escape I heard about involved a two guys with light fliers who flew into a park one early morning, picked up their friend, and flew him back to the West. They even video taped it happening.
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The one escape I heard about involved a two guys with light fliers who flew into a park one early morning, picked up their friend, and flew him back to the West. They even video taped it happening.
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Brian
My parents were americans stationed there at the time. As I recall My dad mentioned that they found a man dead in a tree attempting the same thing. He apparently froze to death attempting the same feat.
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My parents were americans stationed there at the time. As I recall My dad mentioned that they found a man dead in a tree attempting the same thing. He apparently froze to death attempting the same feat.
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Straight
Communism has failed everywhere its been attempted. Yet many Liberals/Progressives/Socialists or whatever theyve re-named themselves too. Has failed everywhere its ever been tried on Earth.
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Communism has failed everywhere its been attempted. Yet many Liberals/Progressives/Socialists or whatever theyve re-named themselves too. Has failed everywhere its ever been tried on Earth.
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education
And yet some Americans would like to experiment with Communism. They should watch this video and good for those families for developing creative ways of escaping these totalitarian regimes
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And yet some Americans would like to experiment with Communism. They should watch this video and good for those families for developing creative ways of escaping these totalitarian regimes
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Badger
I watched the movie 3 times in my German classes and it's very intense the race against time to see who gets to their destination first the family or the police a very satisfying ending
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I watched the movie 3 times in my German classes and it's very intense the race against time to see who gets to their destination first the family or the police a very satisfying ending
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Paul
Aloha from Honolulu! Thanks for the great video. Having been stationed at McNair Barracks in Berlin during the cold War, believe me when I say it was a fascinating place in 1980
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Aloha from Honolulu! Thanks for the great video. Having been stationed at McNair Barracks in Berlin during the cold War, believe me when I say it was a fascinating place in 1980
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Madonna's
A screwdriver/bottle opener might just be the most German thing the Germans ever Germaned.
Jokes aside, I do love Germany. The people are sehr nett und klug.
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A screwdriver/bottle opener might just be the most German thing the Germans ever Germaned.
Jokes aside, I do love Germany. The people are sehr nett und klug.
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The
One of many crazy escape stories! Tight rope walking on power lines, digging tunnels, stealing tanks, etc. Some daring escape stories connected to the Berlin Wall.
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One of many crazy escape stories! Tight rope walking on power lines, digging tunnels, stealing tanks, etc. Some daring escape stories connected to the Berlin Wall.
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Raphael
Night crossing isnt the only movie about this escape. In 2019 the german director, Actor and comedian Michael Herbig also made a movie about the two familys
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Night crossing isnt the only movie about this escape. In 2019 the german director, Actor and comedian Michael Herbig also made a movie about the two familys
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Shrek
last night I watched a movie about this. It was not the one that u talked abt, it was the one that u took some of the pictures from that were in this video.
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last night I watched a movie about this. It was not the one that u talked abt, it was the one that u took some of the pictures from that were in this video.
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Madrock
So I was watching Carbot's DiabLoL 2 playlist and this was the next video after episode 43. I am confused, but entertained so not a bad night all in all.
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So I was watching Carbot's DiabLoL 2 playlist and this was the next video after episode 43. I am confused, but entertained so not a bad night all in all.
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tashalynn29
Amazing the lengths people have gone to to try and escape oppression.
And fast forward to 2022 and here we are on a downward spiral in to it.
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Amazing the lengths people have gone to to try and escape oppression.
And fast forward to 2022 and here we are on a downward spiral in to it.
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