European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 13, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Doily Magazine by Susan  staff writer he Berlin Wall was called the Wall of shame when it was built on id sum Ali flow of East germans to the despite hundreds of guards sin tier cd in 210 observation East bar minors Allyl an estimated have defied the Barrier keeping them from West Berlin in the Tost 1c a till thousands of Louriski swarm to checkpoint Charlie on Friedrich Marasc to View the Wall or to pass into East few notice an obscure yellow building Sev eral Yards before the a Small private museum which chronicles the his tory of the Wall and documents escape tempts and successes by East an East German Soldier was one of the first to refuse to succumb to the Barrier on 1961 when he dashed through checkpoint Charlie prodded by the Calls of come come from West he threw away his gun As be raced to the safely of a West Berlin police the soldiers flight to Freedom and other attempts some some Are pictured in the Haw am checkpoint managed by a Farmer East Berliner who escaped in the museum is attained Fay admission fees a or about 10 and the sule of postcard and pamphlet so an Overall look at the Wall is provided by a miniature replica of the 68mile Barrier illustrating How Barb wire and guards protect the and even a car used by East germans in their escapes Are among the exhibits a homemade chair used to free a his wife and is an item which attracts Many visitors at the the three locked themselves in a in a building on the East Berlin when it became they climbed to a roof and threw a Hammer with a line attached to it Over the Wall a wire rope was pulled up and the chair lift was toned to the Clandestine escape in the night was successful As the Throe Slid Over the Wall lined with broken Glass and Barb some visitors sprawl on their hands and Knees to examine a tiny Isotta car used in to transport people to the heating system and guards Over the wheels of the car were re moved and a cavity Large enough to hide a human being was not but six More found Refuge in West Germany through this Means of the greatest mass escape route was via a 500foot Tunnel which began in the Back Yard of an outhouse and wiggled under us barriers to the cellar of a forr Rwy Baker in East German Soldier leaps Over barbed wire lowest tiny Isetta used in 1964 to transport people to is in museum near checkpoint Bernauer it lock six months to Complete the first night after it was finished i9m 28 including a Fivey Earold crawled to rumours about the underground passage soon circulated and the next night 29 More inched loan exhibit re creates the Lunoc escapes through a Stark Blacka Edwhite photography n the past four at least torn Perou have leaped through checkpoint according to a guard alike one was an East German Soldier who merely walked across in Broad Daylight and want while the last two in the latter part of july made it through by hiding in a car coming he once these people have been fortunate enough to make it lowest their flight is usually not within 24 they Are flown out of Berlin to West its Loo risky to stay the guard you will find it rare for anyone to stay in Berlin after Treyve August 1977 the stars and stripes Page 13