Berlin wall series:
there were repeated attempts by east germans to cross the berlin wall into west germany,from building tunnels,to scaling the wall,to using ropes and even hot air balloons.the communist government banned the unauthorised sale of ropes and nylon,to prevent this.the tunnel that was dug went undetected for many years,until a woman stumbled across it,left her baby in her carriage then and there in the middle of night,and escaped.the discovery of the carriage there alerted the authorities.
perhaps the most famous incident was when peter fechter,18,tried to cross over on august 17,1962.he tripped,and lay bleeding for days on the barbed wire as both sides watched on.these photos shocked the world,and riots broke out on both sides of the city,as the berlin wall went into folklore.