Playing music with friends, 1962

In Greece, 1969

In Potsdam, 1970

1970

In front of her West Berlin apartment, 1971

Alexanderplatz in Ostberlin, 1971

Working in West Berlin, 1972

On the lake with Wolfgang's father, Summer, 1972

Sailing on Schaarmützelsee (Lake in Germany), December, 1973

On sailing tour with Jane, Summer, 1973

Summer, 1973

Moments of escape, but not a lifetime. Summer, 1973

The Berlin Wall

The isolation of living on the other side of the wall

Known as the VoPo, they were the national police force of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany)

1971, East German border guards drag back an injured East German shot trying to flee. Between 1961 and 1989 around 5,000 people attempted to escape, resulting in an estimated 100-200 deaths

Border policemen using binoculars, standing guard on one of the bridges linking East and West Berlin, in 1961

Those in the East were constantly under surveillance, either by the VOPO or the Stasi. The Stasi was the State Security Service, described as one of the most effective and repressive intelligence and secret police agencies ever to have existed

The American sergeant and accomplice to the escape, Alexanderplatz, 1974

Wolfgang in disguise in front of Pergamon Museum, April 6th 1974. Photograph taken by Ned

The obstacles and checkpoints they had to get through as armed guards watched their every move

Calling friends and parents to say he made it through, the night of April 6th 1974

With the VW escape van, 1974

Rathaus Steglitz, 1974

Celebrating their marriage with friends at Botanischer Garten, West Berlin, 1974. Ned smiling in the background

Wedding celebration in Botanischer Garten, West Berlin, 1974

Botanischen Garten, 1974

Safely in West Berlin, the East is behind them, the Wall, and the Brandenburg Gate, 1974

At home in the States, 1975

At their home in Madison Wisconsin, 1976

Eagle Heights, 1979

August, 1984

2014

Visiting the Checkpoint Charlie Museum in Berlin, standing next to the story of their escape. Summer, 2013

Reunited on the fortieth anniversary of the escape, April 6th 2014

Still sailing together, 2015