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4 year-old child being tossed from an apartment in East Berlin to a safety net in West Berlin, 1961

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4 year-old child being tossed from an apartment in East Berlin to a safety net in West Berlin, 1961

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This always seems like some shit cartoons made up
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As far as I can tell, this is the story behind the photo: Four-year-old Michael Finder of East Germany is tossed by his father into a net held by firemen across the border in West Berlin, 1961

Relieved to discover that his father jumped next.

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