File:Leap into Freedom.jpeg

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Description	East German border guard Konrad Schumann leaping over barbed wire to defect to West Germany during construction of the Berlin Wall.
Source	Time: 100 Photographs: The Most Influential Images of All Time: Leap into Freedom Originally distributed by the Associated Press and published in numerous newspapers. See for example the Globe-Gazette. Cropped from the source image to the portion that was published in newspapers.
Date	1961-08-15
Author	Peter Leibing
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