[Spridgets] Sprite at Checkpoint Charlie

[HealeyRick]

Here's a link to the translation, which also identifies the car as a
Trabant:
http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowTopic-g187323-i135-k1510633-Berlin_Wall_translation-Berlin.html
 I think it is a Trabi, rather than the Sprite as the emblem on the hood is
the Trabant emblem and it the Trabi would have had a roof.

Happy Healeydays,
Rick Neville


On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 1:21 PM, Tim Collins via Spridgets <
spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:

> In the past I have mentioned the role of a Austin Healey Sprite in
> smuggling women from East to West Germany during the time of the Berlin
> Wall.
>
> The first person to smuggle his girl to freedom was Heinz Meixner who used
> a rented Sprite to smuggle Margarete Thurau (and her mother - his future
> mother-in-law. What a guy!) to the West by driving under the checkpoint
> gate.
>
> One last time a Sprite was used by Norbert Konrad who smuggled Helga
> Werner to freedom. After that the gate was modified so small cars couldn't
> drive under it.
>
> Last night by chance, I found a picture of graffiti art on the Berlin Wall
> that memorialized the Sprite crossings - at least I believe the artwork is
> based on the Sprite story. The artist takes some liberties by showing the
> top of the are being severed by the gate, but that part never really
> happened. The Sprite passed cleanly under the gate. I thought some Spridget
> folks might be interested in the picture so here's a link. Printed stories
> about the crossings (in May of 1963) can be found on the web in the Chicago
> Trib. and Time Mag.
>
> http://www.pbase.com/barbarajoy/image/161588338
>
> If anyone can translate the German words, please let me know. Google
> Translate didn't work very well.
>
> Tim
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