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Conrad Schumann, The East German Border Guard Who Famously ‘Leapt Into Freedom’

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Conrad Schumann leapt over the nascent Berlin Wall on August 15, 1961 because he didn’t want to “live enclosed” in East Germany — a powerful moment famously captured by a nearby photographer.

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