April 1962
"Inter-zone traffic went on without hindrance. Only on 16.4.1962 and 19.4.1962 were there relatively long lines of cars and waiting times of up to two hours at the Dreilinden checkpoint owing respectively to sluggish processing and to heavy Easter traffic," the West Berlin police write in their monthly report about developments on the sector and zone border in April.
Progress report by the West Berlin police for the month of April 1962 (in German)
Harald Jäger. 1962 East German border patrol soldier: About a woman’s escape on Heidelberger Straße (Treptow) and using his weapon in Spring 1962 (source: astfilm productions/Looks)
