East German soldier helps a little boy sneak across the Berlin Wall on August 13, 1961.

East German soldier helps a little boy sneak across the Berlin Wall on August 13, 1961. 


This photograph captures a poignant moment as the soldier assists a boy left behind in the chaos of people fleeing and families being separated by the newly erected Berlin Wall. The soldier, despite orders to prevent anyone from crossing, bravely helped the boy through the barbed wire. Unfortunately, he was caught by his superior officer, and his fate remains unknown. 

The boy ended up on the opposite side of the wall from his parents due to the overnight separation of families caused by the division of sectors. His father, visiting relatives in West Germany, decided that the boy should be with his mother and had him lifted across the fence by the soldier.

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