![Peter Strelzyk, Günter Wetzel, and their family sitting in their self-made hot-air balloon, which they used to flee East Germany in 1979. After their second attempt, three different balloons, and one and Peter Strelzyk, Günter Wetzel, and their family sitting in their self-made hot-air balloon, which they used to flee East Germany in 1979. After their second attempt, three different balloons, and one and](https://i.redd.it/086p8vwo8y681.jpg)
Peter Strelzyk, Günter Wetzel, and their family sitting in their self-made hot-air balloon, which they used to flee East Germany in 1979. After their second attempt, three different balloons, and one and
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