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Lessons from History

Rameen Zeeshan

Feb 14, 2022

4 min read

How 2 Families Fled East Germany in A Homemade Hot Air Balloon

In hopes to escape communist dictatorship, Gunter Wetzel and Peter Strelzyk made their own hot air balloon!

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Gunter Wetzel and Peter Strelzyk that they could not live in East Germany’s communist state anymore. Therefore the two guys decided to establish an incredible…

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