[Man attempts to scale the fence of the West German embassy]

[Man attempts to scale the fence of the West German embassy]

Photograph

Diether Endlicher

Maker
German, b. 1940

[Man attempts to scale the fence of the West German embassy]

October 1989
Chromogenic development print
24.4 x 19.3 cm.
Gift of The Associated Press
1990.0466.0010
Inscriptions verso-(caption label) "(PRA-1)Prague, Oct.2(AP)--A man from East
Germany tries to climb over the fence of the West German embassy in
Prague Monday while a Czech policeman tries to pull him down. Helping
hands from refugees inside the mission hold the man's legs. The
embassy, place of hope for East Germans, is surrounded by Czech police
forces. (AP Wirephoto) (De/Stf/Diether Endlicher21355) 1989"
"Germany (E) People, refugees" "Czecheslovakia 10/89"

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