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The sewing machine used by the Strelzyk family to sew Europe's largest hot air balloon...

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DPA5979312
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The sewing machine used by the Strelzyk family to sew Europe's largest hot air balloon in 1979 to escape across the border of the former GDR to the Federal Republic of Germany (photo)
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Gregor Fischer
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In September 1979, two families, with eight members in total, escaped the communist country of East Germany by crossing the border to West Germany in a homemade hot air balloon. Peter Strelzyk and his work colleague, Günter Wetzel, escaped with their wives and four children. Now in the Mauermuseum at Checkpoint Charlie. In the background is a photo of the family in their balloon.

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Picture Alliance/Gregor Fischer / Bridgeman Images
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Germany / Europe / East Germany / communism / escape / defection / defected / East German / family / communism / sewing machine / wall museum / 1970s / seventies / 70s / hot air balloon / hot-air balloon / photograph / photography / Mzphoto
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