August 13. 1961. that West Berliners were surprised by the East Berliners putting up barbed wire fences. This precipitated a last minute exodus of East Berliners who sought to escape. young people. old people. secret police and others made their escape to West Berlin. During the month of August more than 40.000 refugees fled and took refuge at the Marienfelde refugee camp. where they were housed. Approximately 200.000 escaped during 1961 from Soviet sector and from East Berlin. I had the good fortune to see how they processed their refugees. One person in particular on November 4. escaped with a friend. avoiding the shots of East Berlin police. the vopos and the East German police. He swam across the Spray River and escaped.
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