Berlin-Spandau 1966


Hess in dock
Originally uploaded by iwmpop.
3 photo introduction to the blogspot "The prisoner in Cell number...", as he was always referred to. The fact that he was the ONLY prisoner, being guarded by around 3,000 soldiers of 4 or 5 nationalities didn't count for anything.
This is part I of the Blogspot, which will occupy itself with the Prison, the daily life, but also the life led by myself and others in the West Berlin (and sometimes East Berlin) of the epoch.Sometimes an adventure, sometimes a bore! Always true!
A confirmed and adjured European.

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