Berlin Wall in Pattaya

The Berlin Wall fell 20 years ago and a German expat in Pattaya tried to recreate one of many escape attempts over the infamous barrier between East and West. Stasi Police would have shot him dead back in the good old days of the DDR, however on this occasion the Thai police responded by restraining the naked man and remanding the madman to his embassy.

I do recall reading back in the 1970s about another madman in East Berlin who decided to commit suicide was making an escape over the Berlin Wall. He ran out into the minefield without exploding a single bomb. He climbed the wall and was tangled in the wire. The guards shot at him only to snap the barbed wire and he fell into West Berlin. disappointed by his failure he jumped into the River Spree to drowned only to be rescue by the US Army.

He cursed them all and fled into the path of a street car. It killed him dead and he died a happy free man.

There is no success like a suicide getting where he wants in a hurry.