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Guenter Wetzel, Doris Strelzyk and Peter Strelzyk who escaped from East German, 1979

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Title: Guenter Wetzel, Doris Strelzyk and Peter Strelzyk who escaped from East German, 1979
Contributor: Hively, Ken
Date Created and/or Issued: November 28, 1979
1979-11-28
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: Their story was turned into the motion picture "Night Crossing."
ESCAPE TO HOLLYWOOD--Three who escaped to the West in a hot-air balloon, from left, Guenter Wetzel, Doris Strelzyk and Peter Strelzyk. Disney is making a movie of their story.
Type: image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: uclalat_1429_b1116_291078
ark:/21198/zz0002r7wv
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Defectors--Germany (East)
Night Crossing (Motion picture)
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Wetzel, Guenter
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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