How to smash through the Iron Curtain with a steam train

On 5th December 1961 train driver Harry Deterling used his train to take himself, his family and several of his friends, into West Berlin and freedom. Chapters: 00:00 Germany divided 01:11 Fortifying the border 02:44 Deterling and Lichy 03:46 The planning stage 05:50 Preparation 07:08 Breaking through 08:08 The aftermath Music: "Hot Swing" by Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.com/ Creative Commons Attribution licence --------- Become a channel member for bonus content: https://www.youtube.com/@rewboss/join Send letters and postcards to: Rewboss Postfach 10 06 29 63704 Aschaffenburg Germany Please don't send parcels or packages, or anything that has to be signed for.