On this day, September 16, 1979 two families from the German Democratic Republic escaped to West Germany in a homemade hot air balloon.
The link below tells the story, which makes for a great read. Films have been made on the escape.
Róisín Ingle’s piece in The Irish Times yesterday. In all our lives there are moment of sadness, despair, pain, anger too. Reading Ingle’s c...
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