The image of East German border guard Conrad Schumann fleeing to West Germany made international front pages (ullstein bild via Getty) The crowd of Berliners that had gathered to watch were ...

When the Berlin Wall was still just a coil of barbed wire, 18-year-old Conrad Schumann risked everything to take a leap of faith.

Look at the iconic photograph of the 19-year-old East German soldier Conrad Schumann, who seemed to defy gravity as he jumped to the West in 1961.

Hans Conrad Schumann, a former East German soldier immortalized in a photograph as he leaped across a barbed-wire fence to freedom in West Berlin, hanged himself Saturday. He was 56.

INGELOSTADT, Germany Hans Conrad Schumann, 56, a former East German soldier immortalized in a 1961 photograph as he leapt across a barbed wire fence to freedom in West Berlin hanged himself ...

He will perform music by Debussy, Schumann, Harold Arlen, as well as himself, playing both the piano and a Lumatone, the first time a musician has performed on this instrument in the hall.

Leap Into Freedom Credit: Facebook When East German soldier Conrad Schumann made his daring escape to West Berlin, it was more than just a jump over barbed wire; it was a leap into freedom.

Franklin Lloyd Conrad Cedar Rapids Franklin Lloyd Conrad of Marion, Iowa, formerly of Cedar Rapids, quietly passed away on Sept. … ...

Glenda Conrad, Feeling Schumann and Bao Li are partners in Poké Town. The three friends would get together to talk and eat. The conversations centered on food. "Of course, we like to eat," Conrad ...

View Leap into Freedom East German soldier Hans Conrad Schumann jumping barbed wire barricade to freedom as he defects from East Berlin by Peter Leibing on artnet. Browse upcoming and past auction ...

15 August 1961: Defecting East German soldier, Hans Conrad Schumann, leaps over a barbed wire barricade at the Bernauer Street sector into West Berlin Credit: Photo: AP ...

A mural of Schumann's and Meixner's escapes from East Berlin at the East Side Gallery. Photo: Nick Allen They swam, crawled through sewers, flew in balloons, dug tunnels and rammed through the ...