A bus used as an escape car, parked in front of the Marienfelde Reception Centre, 7 Februar 1963 (Photo: Landesarchiv Berlin (293348))
A bus fitted with a snowplough, disguised as a mobile workshop and armoured with steel plating breaks through the Berlin Drewitz/Dreilinden checkpoint with eight escapees on board – and makes it to the other side.
15 February
1963
Border soldiers guard bricklayers who are putting up a barrier wall between the Heinrich-Heine-Strasse and Moritzplatz underground railway stations, 15 Februar 1963 (Photo: Polizeihistorische Sammlung/Der Polizeipräsident in Berlin)
Border soldiers guard bricklayers who are putting up a barrier wall between the Heinrich-Heine-Strasse and Moritzplatz underground railway stations.
18 February
1963
The West Berlin SPD wins the parliamentary elections with its leading candidate Willy Brandt and extends its absolute majority with 61.9 percent of all votes (1958: 52.6 percent).