The famous Glienicke bridge in Berlin, used for exchange of spies during the Cold War

View from Potsdam through Jungfernsee

The Glienicke bridge is a bridge in Berlin which spans the Havel River to connect the cities of Berlin and Potsdam. Because the Soviet Union and the United States used it three times to exchange captured spies during the Cold War, the bridge was referred to as the Bridge of Spies by the media. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1000x528, 313 KB) Glienicker Brücke, bridge between Berlin and Potsdam, Germany. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1000x528, 313 KB) Glienicker Brücke, bridge between Berlin and Potsdam, Germany. ... Image File history File links Glienicker_Brücke1. ... Image File history File links Glienicker_Brücke1. ... This article is about the edifice (including an index to articles on specific bridge types). ... Berlin is the capital city and one of the sixteen states of the Federal Republic of Germany. ... For the Biblical Havel, see Abel. ... Berlin is the capital city and one of the sixteen states of the Federal Republic of Germany. ... Sanssouci, the symbol of the city Potsdam is the capital city of the federal state of Brandenburg in Germany. ... Espionage is the practice of obtaining information about an organization or a society that is considered secret or confidential (spying) without the permission of the holder of the information. ... For other uses, see Cold War (disambiguation). ...

The first prisoner exchange between the superpowers took place on February 10, 1962. The U.S. released noted Russian spy Colonel Rudolf Ivanovich Abel in exchange for pilot Francis Gary Powers captured by the USSR following the U-2 Crisis of 1960. Annette von Broecker claims that a lucky guess resulted in her being the only eyewitness to this exchange. ^[1] An American B-2 bomber in flight. ... February 10 is the 41st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... Col. ... Francis Gary Powers with a model of the U-2. ... The U–2 Crisis of 1960 occurred when an American U–2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union. ...

The second exchange on June 12, 1985 was a hurriedly arranged swap of 23 American agents held in Eastern Europe for four Soviet agents arrested in the West. June 12 is the 163rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (164th in leap years), with 202 days remaining. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Regions of Europe as delineated by the United Nations (UN definition of Eastern Europe marked salmon):  Northern Europe  Western Europe  Eastern Europe  Southern Europe Pre-1989 division between the West (grey) and Eastern Bloc (orange) superimposed on current national boundaries: Russia (dark orange), other countries of the former USSR (medium...

The final exchange was also the most public. On February 11, 1986 the human rights campaigner and political prisoner Anatoly Sharansky was exchanged for a Soviet spy Karl Koecher. February 11 is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Human rights are rights which some hold to be inalienable and belonging to all humans. ... Natan Sharansky (Russian: Натан Щаранский, born January 20, 1948) is a notable Soviet dissident, Israeli politician and an author. ... Karl Koecher is one of only two known moles to have penetrated the CIA. Born in Czechoslovakia, he became a radio comedy writer and was frequently scrutinized by the Communist security forces for his satire that mocked the regime. ...

The Glienicke bridge as a venue for prisoner exchange has also appeared in fiction, most notably in the 1966 Harry Palmer film, Funeral in Berlin, starring Michael Caine, based on the novel of the same name. 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... Harry Palmer is a fictional secret agent who is the central character in a number of films based on the three of the first four spy novels by Len Deighton. ... Funeral in Berlin is a a spy novel by Len Deighton. ... Sir Maurice Joseph Micklewhite, KBE (born March 14, 1933), known professionally as Michael Caine, is a double Oscar-winning English film actor. ...

External links

• Glienicke Bridge
• Potsdam from Above - Glienicker Bruecke

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References

1. ^ von Broecker, Annette [2001]. “Swans, Spies and a Greenhorn with Red Gloves”, edited by Moore, Nicholas and Sidney Weiland.: Frontlines: Snapshots of History. London: Pearson Education, 107-112. ISBN 1-903684-01-3. “I said nothing for a while. But then I could not hold back. 'Herr Klueths,' I coughed. 'What about Glienicker Brücke?'”