Peter Fechter ( him. Peter Fechter ; January 14, 1944 , Berlin - August 17, 1962 , East Berlin ) - East German bricklayer from East Berlin . One of the first and most famous victims of the Berlin Wall .
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About a year after the construction of the Berlin Wall, Peter Fechter and his friend decided to flee to West Berlin . On August 17, 1962, he was wounded by border guards of the GDR while trying to climb over the wall near the checkpoint at Checkpoint Charlie . For about an hour I was bleeding to death near the wall, until I was taken away by the border guards. Died from blood loss. In 1997, two East German soldiers (Rolf Friedrich and Erich Schreiber) were convicted of murder and sentenced to 20 and 21 months probation.
On August 14, 1999, a small memorial at the site of Peter Fechter’s death was replaced by the stelae work of Karl Biederman .
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- 2 1 2 3 German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 1024484599 // General Regulatory Control (GND) - 2012—2016.