Konrad Schumann
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Hans Conrad Schumann, also known as Konrad Schumann, was an East German Bereitschaftspolizist who escaped to West Germany during the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961.
Schumann leaping over barbed wire into West Berlin on 15 August 1961
Schumann's jump over a fence
Schumann-inspired graffiti in the East Side Gallery, Berlin
Mauerspringer ("wall jumper") sculpture by Florian and Michael Brauer and Edward Anders
Night Crossing
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Night Crossing is a 1982 thriller drama film starring: John Hurt, Jane Alexander and Beau Bridges. The film is based on the true story of the Strelzyk and Wetzel families who, on September 16, 1979, e
Konrad Schumann
…The photograph, entitled Leap into Freedom, quickly became an iconic image of the Cold War and was featured at the beginning of the 1982 Disney film Night Crossing. The scene, including Schumann's preparations, was also filmed on 16 mm film from the same perspective by camera operator Dieter Hoffmann. Schumann…
Theatrical release poster