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Berlin dad answers the questions of Communist border guards and keeps an eye on two restless children.

(Gene Bane/Stars and Stripes)

Berlin, Germany, 1961: This Berlin dad has his hands full, between answering the questions of Communist border guards who are checking his papers and keeping an eye on two restless children.

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