The Leap That Changed the Cold War: The Story of Konrad Schumann.

(Photo: Peter Leibing / Library of Congress / International Center of Photography.) Some photographs capture a moment in time. Others become part of history itself. On 15 August 1961, a 19-year-old East German police officer made a split-second decision that would change the course of his life. As the Berlin Wall was beginning to take … Continue reading The Leap That Changed the Cold War: The Story of Konrad Schumann.