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Fleeing west to east

Melanie Sevcenko, BerlinSeptember 26, 2014

When American communist and soldier Stephen Wechsler was 24, he defected from his post in southern Germany to cross into Soviet-controlled territory. Under a new name, Victor Grossman, he built a new life in East Berlin.

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