By Robert H.
Schuller
When the East Germans built the wall in Berlin East Berlin .
The windows on the ground floor were bricked up after a number of people had
escaped through them. The remaining residents were moved to the upper floor
apartments.
"They moved me up, too, and when I got to the new place
I sat there as if I were paralyzed," she remarked. She had no lights, but
plenty of light from the searchlights outside. Her sleep was interrupted
constantly with shots, sirens, the voices of West Berliners urging someone to
escape and the vulgarities of the East German guards.
Finally, Frau Schulze had enough. She climbed out on her
window sill and was immediately spotted by West Berlin
police. They called out the fire brigade with the nets and urged her to jump.
Then she heard the door of her apartment kicked open and two East German guards
grabbed her. Finally, she struggled free and jumped-to freedom. She opened the
gate! It's never to late to begin!
Frieda
Schulze was 87 when I heard her story. At 77 years of age she took the plunge
toward a new life.
"I still shudder a bit when I think about it,"
Frau Schulze said, "But it was worth it I couldn't stand their
politics," she added, shaking a gnarled finger for emphasis.
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