Framed Glassed Photo East German Soldier 'Leap Into Freedom'
 
West German photographer Peter Leibing photographed East German Soldier' Konrad Schumann's escape. The photograph, entitled Leap into Freedom, quickly became an iconic image of the Cold War and was featured at the beginning of the 1982 Disney film Night Crossing. The scene, including Schumann's preparations, was also filmed on 16 mm film from the same perspective by camera operator Dieter Hoffmann.
 
Hans Conrad Schumann, also known as Konrad Schumann (28 March 1942 – 20 June 1998), was an East German Bereitschaftspolizist who escaped to West Germany during the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961.
 
Wooden Framed and Glassed
 
68 cm x 96 cm