Dubina (Eichelberg) - the view from Hohenberg Castle. 1930s

Dubina (Eichelberg) - the German side’s view of the Border Guard company (1956)

The desertion of Alois Bodor from the Nový Žďár company (1953). Corrective instructions from the Border Guard commander, Brigadier General Ludvík Hlaváček (1)

The desertion of Alois Bodor from the Nový Žďár company (1953). Corrective instructions from the Border Guard commander, Brigadier General Ludvík Hlaváček (2)

The desertion of Alois Bodor from the Nový Žďár company (1953). Corrective instructions from the Border Guard commander, Brigadier General Ludvík Hlaváček (3)

The desertion of Alois Bodor from the Nový Žďár company (1953). Corrective instructions from the Border Guard commander, Brigadier General Ludvík Hlaváček (4)

The desertion of Alois Bodor from the Nový Žďár company (1953). Corrective instructions from the Border Guard commander, Brigadier General Ludvík Hlaváček (5)

The desertion of Alois Bodor from the Nový Žďár company (1953). Corrective instructions from the Border Guard commander, Brigadier General Ludvík Hlaváček (6)

The desertion of Alois Bodor from the Nový Žďár company (1953). Corrective instructions from the Border Guard commander, Brigadier General Ludvík Hlaváček (7)

The desertion of Alois Bodor from the Nový Žďár company (1953). Corrective instructions from the Border Guard commander, Brigadier General Ludvík Hlaváček (8)

The desertion of Alois Bodor from the Nový Žďár company (1953). Corrective instructions from the Border Guard commander, Brigadier General Ludvík Hlaváček (9)

The desertion of Alois Bodor from the Nový Žďár company (1953). Corrective instructions from the Border Guard commander, Brigadier General Ludvík Hlaváček (10)

The events of August 1968. An order from Aš garrison commander, Lieutenant Colonel Miroslav Tomeš, from 7 September 1968 (1)

The events of August 1968. An order from Aš garrison commander, Lieutenant Colonel Miroslav Tomeš, from 7 September 1968 (2)

The events of August 1968. An order from Aš garrison commander, Lieutenant Colonel Miroslav Tomeš, from 7 September 1968 (3)

The events of August 1968. An order from Aš garrison commander, Lieutenant Colonel Miroslav Tomeš, from 7 September 1968 (4)

The events of August 1968. An order from Aš garrison commander, Lieutenant Colonel Miroslav Tomeš, from 7 September 1968 (5)

Dubina (Eichelberg) on the service map of the BG. 1950s

Transmission towers on the Austrian boarder that Robert Ospald used for his escape

Robert Ospald climbing up the transmission tower

Ospald and Pohl stand under the transmission tower with their trolleys

Ospald and Pohl in a corn field by the border.

Ospald and Pohl at Kleinhaugsdorf, the first village on the Austrian side of the border they encountered

Robert Ospald with the trolley he hung from the high-voltage power line and used as a slider

Robert Ospald, a portrait from the time of the escape