1962 Press Photo Mrs. Helena Gruebnau reunited with daughter Mrs. Reuter in MI

Seventy-seven year-old Mrs. Helena Gruebnau, who passed from East to West unmolested through Berlin's Wall, showed this expression as she arrived at Detroit airport today into the arms of her daughter, Mrs. Margaret Reuter of Grass Lake, Michigan. "I tell you, it's the answer to our prayers all these years," Mrs. Reuter said. Mrs. Gruebeau who went to visit relatives 25 years ago, is one of few allowed free exodus from East Germany since German Communist built Berlin Wall a year ago. She came to the U.S. under a East-West agreement which grants reunion of families.....

Photo is dated 1962.

Photo measures 8 x 10.25 inches.