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Fugitives from the GDR, death and wounded refugees

Crosses for the victims of the Berlin Wall, 1990

Commemorative crosses for the victims of the Berlin Wall, set up in Bernauer Strasse in the district of Wedding.

Archbishop Makarios visits GDR refugee in a West Berlin hospital, 1962

The president of Cyprus, Archbishop Makarios, visits a 15-year-old student from Thuringia in a hospital in West Berlin, who was shot during his escape. In his company, the Berlin Senator Schiller and two doctors.

Crosses commemorating the victims of the Berlin Wall, 1989

Crosses commemorating the victims of the Berlin Wall, 1989. Behind, a gathering of people shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall at the crossing in Bernauerstrasse. On the crosses are the following names: Ida Siekmann, Bernd Luenser, Rudolf Urban, Ernst Mund, Olga Segler.

Memorial for shot refugees

Memorial for shot refugees, Berlin, the wall, Germany

Memorial to the Wall victim Olga Segler in Berlin, 1962

Memorial to the Wall victim Olga Segler at Bernauer Strasse 34 in Berlin. Olga Segler war das älteste namentlich bekannte Todesopfer an der Berliner Mauer.

Memorial to the Wall victim Olga Segler in Berlin, 1962

Memorial to the Wall victim Olga Segler at Bernauer Strasse 34 in Berlin. Olga Segler war das älteste namentlich bekannte Todesopfer an der Berliner Mauer.

People at a Memorial for a victim of the Berlin Wall, 1964

A memorial plaque and a sculpture commemorate Olga Segler, one of the first casualties of the Berlin Wall. The inscription of the plaque reads: Dedicated to the victim of the wall of shame, Olga Segler, d. 26.9.1961 (translated from German).

Memorial for a victim of the Berlin Wall, 1964

A memorial plaque and cross commemorate Bernd Lünser, one of the first casualties of the Berlin Wall. The inscription of the plaque reads: Dedicated to the victim of the wall of shame, Bernd Lünser, d. October 10, 1961 (translated from German).

Monument to Ida Sieckmann in West Berlin, 1972

Monument to Ida Sieckmann in West Berlin, the first known victim of the Berlin Wall. Sieckmann had fatally injured herself on the morning of August 22, 1961, when she jumped from the third floor of her home.

Gedenkkreuze für die Maueropfer hinter dem Reichstag

Gedenkkreuze für die Maueropfer hinter dem Reichstag in Berlin ***Aufnahmedatum geschätzt***. Foto: snapshot-photography/Hans Seeliger.

Memorial stone for victims of the Wall

Memorial stone for victims of the Wall in Hohegeiss / Harz.

Cross for victims of the Berlin Wall

Memorial Cross in Bernauer Strasse for the victims of the Berlin Wall in the district of Wedding.

Crosses for victims of the Wall

Commemorative crosses for the victims of the Berlin Wall, Bernauer Strasse in the district of Wedding.

Memorial for the victims of the Wall

Arrangement of a memorial for a victim of the Berlin Wall in the run-up to an event for the 24th anniversary of the Berlin Wall, Bernauer Strasse in the district of Wedding.

Crosses for the victims of the Berlin Wall, 1985

Commemorative crosses for the victims of the Berlin Wall. Bernauer Strasse in the district of Wedding.

Monument to shot GDR refugees in West Berlin, 1986

Commemorative crosses for victims of the Berlin Wall in West Berlin.

Memorial for shot refugees

Memorial for shot refugees, Berlin, the wall, Germany

Cross for Peter Fechter a victim of the Wall

Commemorative cross for the refugee Peter Fechter, who bled to death in the restricted area on 17 August 1962, Zimmerstrasse in Berlin's Kreuzberg district near the Checkpoint Charlie crossing point.

Peter Fechter

Des policiers Est Allemands evacuent le corps de Peter Fechter, 18 ans, qui tenta de franchir le mur de Berlin (de l'Est vers l'Ouest) mais qui fut blesse, resta etendu pendant 50 minutes perdant son sang sans que les sentinelles sortent de leur cachette. Des policiers de Berlin Ouest tenterent de lui lancer des pansements, il fut transporte mourant, 17 aout 1962 --- East German policemen evacuating body of Peter Fechter, 18 years old, he tried to getting over Berlin wall but was wounded and lost his blood during 50 minutes, august 17, 1962

Mur de Berlin

Peter Fechter, 18 ans, qui tenta de franchir le mur de Berlin (de l'Est vers l'Ouest) mais qui fut blesse, resta etendu pendant 50 minutes perdant son sang sans que les sentinelles sortent de leur cachette, des policiers de Berlin Ouest tenterent de lui lancer des pansements, il fut transporte mourant, 17 aout 1962 --- Peter Fechter, 18 years old, he tried to getting over Berlin wall but was wounded and lost his blood during 50 minutes, august 17, 1962

Memorial for shot refugees

Memorial for shot refugees, Berlin, the wall, Germany