One of the most scintillating of these escapades was made by Conrad Schumann, a 19 year old coast guard. on August 15, 1961. He escaped on the third day after the wall was built. Since it was mostly barbed wire at that point, Schumann jumped over the wire in his coast-guard uniform along with his machine gun. He was caught by a photographer in action, which resulted in the "Jump to freedom" becoming an iconic Cold War image. 

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