ZUM4860098: Jul 07, 1953 - The Home made Tank in which eight Czechs Broke through the Iron Curtain: Week after week for two years a young Czech mechanic in Pilsen collected pieces of scrap iron a replica of an armoured vehicle of the Czech army. Then the construction task completed and driving his own home made armoured car he brought eight people to safety to the West in one of the most amazing escapes from Czechoslavakia yet recorded. They were escorted to the U.S. Military authorities, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4860273: Jul 07, 1953 - Escaped from Hungary to Austria; The last kilometers we were really crawling on our hands an feel until we reach the Austrian border. Just before the barbed wire my wife was badly wounded by an explosing hand grenade”, so the Budapest lawyer Dr. Geza Kapus yesterday informed the Vienna Press. Napu Succeded in escaping from Hungary. He who never acted for a political party was displaced from Budapest two years ago and had a bad life in the small Hungarian place Vamas Gyoork together with his wife and his daughter who is now six years old. Here were nine families in the small village who were brought there by force and who had to work all very hardly in the fields as farm hands. Some weeks ago Dr. Napus and his family left Vames Gyoerk and returned without permission to Budapest there he took his preparations for escaping from Hungary, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4866068: Jul. 30, 1953 - Girl guides rally at the Chateu de Jamville (France): 2,400 young girl guides from France and other countries are gathered at the chateau de Jambville. This is the first big meeting of the girl guides and has began from Monday and will last till August 4th. Lady Saden Powell, wife of the famous founder of scouts, is seen greeting the young girl guides. / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4866029: Jul. 30, 1953 - Girl-Guides Rally At The Chateau De Jambville (France): 2.400 Young Girl Guides From France And Other Countries Are Gathered At The Chateau De Jambville. This Is The First Big Meeting Of The Girl Guides And Has Begen From Monday And Will Last Till August 4th. Lady Baden Powell, Wife Of The Famous Founder Of Scouts, Admiring A Wooden Carved Object Which One Of The Girl Guides Has Made. / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4866396: Aug. 01, 1953 - Under armed guard, North Korean POWS transfer from Navy transport to shallow - draft LSU, which will take them into Inchon harbor where they will be held preparatory to POW trade in” Operation Big Switch” which starts 8/5. These Pows were held on Koje-de. / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4866701: Aug. 04, 1953 - East Germans Continue To Crowd Into The Western Zone For Free Food: In spite of stringent restrictions placed upon them by the Soviet Authorities - East Germans continue to pour into the Western German Zone to allocate the Free food being distributed to them by the American Authorities... The Volkspolizei do every thing they can to stop them collecting the food - and in many cases it is confiscated when they return to their home territory / Bridgeman Images