US soldier took wrong train into Soviet zone
Title

US soldier took wrong train into Soviet zone

Caption

US soldier Kenneth Carlson reports about his time of detention in the Soviet zone in front of the press in Frankfurt am Main on the 6th of February in 1959.
Carlson had taken the wrong train on his way back from the US army recreation home in Berlin-Wannsee in 1958 and arrived in the Soviet zone. He was arrested and had to spend 69 days in solitary confinement.

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Date

Feb 06, 1959

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Photo12/dpa-pa

Reference

DPA13A04_261

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