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Yes, but leaving there at that spot, by running against the wall, seemed quite ridiculous. It was done once, though. There was a demonstration in (I think) the mid 80's when West Berlin demonstrators ran from the police and escaped to the centimetres next to the wall that belonged to the east and actually onto the wall. The West Berlin police never crossed that invisible border (the wall was completely on eastern territory, so to the west of it there was a strip belonging to East Berlin). It was nice pictures in TV and press, I remember, and they had to explain that this happened because of the brutality of the police. The demonstrators later left over eastern territory and then back to the west by U-Bahn. Took some negotiations with the Vopo.
by Katrin on Mon Oct 15th, 2012 at 03:10:51 PM EST
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I find the event was in 1988. It wasn't a demonstration per se but the occupation of a special place: a triangular area belonging to East Germany but cut off by the Berlin Wall, which was handed over to West Germany in a territorial exchange on 1 July 1988. The occupation started after a street protest of the non-aligned anarchistic radical Left (who call themselves Autonomen = "the Autonomous" in Germany) on 26 May 1988, with the aim to prevent a highway construction. When West German police stormed the area on day they gained authority over the area, 182 (Wikipedia) or 220 (linked article) fled towards the Wall.

I found photos here.



*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Tue Oct 16th, 2012 at 05:42:18 AM EST
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