From the day the Wall was built on 13 August 1961 until the fall of the Berlin Wall at 09 November 1989, at the Berlin Wall in an attempt to overcome the border posts, at least 98 people died. 8 East German border guards were shot dead during the service, either by their comrades or of refugees and smugglers. Furthermore, 27 persons were killed without an exit intention (1).
the inner-German border and along the sea border (Baltic Sea) were after 13 August 1961 at least 50 people by force, firearms or killed in other violence of the frontier troops, 33 people arrived by ground or split appointments for Life (2).
refugees who shot the East German border guards had and which had managed to escape, were sentenced before 1989 in the Federal Republic of mostly low sentences. East German border guards, which made the use firearms, and had shot the refugees were, following reunification to prison or on parole verurteilt.Aber also in charge of the East German leadership (Egon Krenz and others) and officers of the border troops of "manslaughter and shared responsibility for the border regime of the GDR condemned ".
The figures for the dead at the Berlin Wall and the inner-German border and the border on the Baltic Sea are very different depending on the source and fluctuate over the years after German unification. Werner Filmer and Heribert Schwan researched as the first journalists in December 1990 in Strausberg military archives and published in 1991 in the book "Victims of the Wall" individual stories, documents, and a list of 216 persons killed (3), which killed at the borders of the GDR to Western countries life came.
The Berlin prosecutors are 169 deaths from violence for the period from 13.08.1961 to 11.09.1989 against the East German border, including Berlin. (2)
gave the Museum Haus am Checkpoint Charlie on the 137.Pressekonferenz on 08.13.2004 at the following numbers:
In a joint research project of the memorial in Berlin Wall and the Center for Contemporary Historical Research Potsdam to the exact number of deaths and the lives and circumstances of death are determined.
(Source: berlinermaueronline.de)
the inner-German border and along the sea border (Baltic Sea) were after 13 August 1961 at least 50 people by force, firearms or killed in other violence of the frontier troops, 33 people arrived by ground or split appointments for Life (2).
- One of the first victims of the Berlin Wall was Ida Siekmann, the most out of a window in Bernauer 22nd August 1961 jumped up and succumbed to her injuries.
- was a few days later on 24 August 1961, the first refugee, Günter Liftin shot.
- The first killed after the Wall East German border guard was shot dead on 04.18.1962 Jörgen Schmidtchen two deserters comrades. Not far from the Checkpoint Charlie
- was shot on 8/17/1962 Peter Fechter, who bled to death before the eyes of the Allies and the West Berlin police on the territory of the GDR.
- Chris Gueffroy tried at the age of 20 years to flee from East Germany and was at 05 February 1989 shot.
refugees who shot the East German border guards had and which had managed to escape, were sentenced before 1989 in the Federal Republic of mostly low sentences. East German border guards, which made the use firearms, and had shot the refugees were, following reunification to prison or on parole verurteilt.Aber also in charge of the East German leadership (Egon Krenz and others) and officers of the border troops of "manslaughter and shared responsibility for the border regime of the GDR condemned ".
The figures for the dead at the Berlin Wall and the inner-German border and the border on the Baltic Sea are very different depending on the source and fluctuate over the years after German unification. Werner Filmer and Heribert Schwan researched as the first journalists in December 1990 in Strausberg military archives and published in 1991 in the book "Victims of the Wall" individual stories, documents, and a list of 216 persons killed (3), which killed at the borders of the GDR to Western countries life came.
The Berlin prosecutors are 169 deaths from violence for the period from 13.08.1961 to 11.09.1989 against the East German border, including Berlin. (2)
gave the Museum Haus am Checkpoint Charlie on the 137.Pressekonferenz on 08.13.2004 at the following numbers:
- Total: 1065 Wall Border and deaths, of which:
- refugees / persons killed Berlin border / Wall: 37/190
- killed refugees / persons inner-German border: 247/237
- refugees / persons Baltic killed: 17/164
- to escape dead East German border guards: 18/19
- other deaths, including those outside the GDR: 59/77
In a joint research project of the memorial in Berlin Wall and the Center for Contemporary Historical Research Potsdam to the exact number of deaths and the lives and circumstances of death are determined.
(Source: berlinermaueronline.de)
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