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The following list of Eastern Bloc defectors contains notable defectors from East Germany, the Soviet Union, Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Albania before those countries' conversions from communist states in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
East Germany [33] Kim Sung-bai: Republic of Korea Air Force: South Korea: 1953: North Korea [36] S. Lewes: British Army: United Kingdom: 1953: East Germany [33] Norman M. Lowell: United States Army: United States: 1953: East Germany [37] R. W. Luwman: Royal Netherlands Army: Netherlands: 1953: East Germany [38] Clifford F. Murphy: United States ...
Pages in category "East German defectors" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total. ... East Germany balloon escape; Gisela Engeln-Müllges;
Famous East German defectors include writer Wolfgang Leonhard, East German soldier Conrad Schumann, who was famously photographed jumping the Berlin wall while it was under construction, and a number of European football players, including Jörg Berger.
West German defectors to East Germany (17 P) Pages in category "Defectors to East Germany" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
Schumann waited until the East German police were facing away, and at roughly 4:00 pm, quickly jumped over the barrier, dropped his PPSh-41 submachine gun, ran north on Ruppiner Straße, across Bernauer Straße, and jumped into the West Berlin police van. [1] West German photographer Peter Leibing photographed Schumann's
Born Stephen Wechsler in New York City, he reluctantly changed his name to Victor Grossman after defection to East Germany in order to shield his family members in the United States. As a youth, his family often summered in Free Acres, New Jersey , a community using economic philosopher Henry George 's concept of single taxation . [ 1 ]
By the 1980s, the number of escape attempts was rising again as East Germany's economy stagnated and living conditions deteriorated. [3] Attempts to flee across the border were carefully studied and recorded by the East German authorities to identify possible weak points. These were addressed by strengthening the fortifications in vulnerable areas.