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The Berlin Wall - Lessons Learned (2008)
by Carsten Cumbrowsky
Date Added: 15 years ago.
Documentary Description
From the author, Carsten Cumbrowsky:
This is an all new, entirely redone extended version of my video "The Berlin Wall - Lessons Learned". It is a bit over 30 minutes in length and covers the history of the Iron Curtain from 1961 to its fall in November 1989. Supplemental to this video is my blog post at my personal blog, titled "The Berlin Wall and the Walls between Us" from August, 2008 and my post about the updates from September, 2008.
This Video is dedicated to all victims of any Wall!
Good Resources about the German Wall in English Language on the Internet:
Mauer History at Berlin.de.
The exact number of deaths is unknown and vary depending on the source and over time. Here are some of the figures.
State Attorney of Berlin (Staatsanwaltschaft Berlin): 86/169
Inspector General of Berlin (Der Polizeipräsident von Berlin): at least 92
Central registration office Salzgitter (Zentrale Erfassungsstelle Salzgitter): 114
Central Auditing Agency for Government and Reunion deliquency (Zentrale Ermittlungsstelle für Regierungs- und Vereinigungskriminalität): 122
Work Group "13th August" (Arbeitsgemeinschaft 13. August): over 200
"Vicitims of the Wall" (Opfer der Mauer) by Werner Filmer and Heribert Schwan based on research at the Strausberg military archives: 216
The Museum at Checkpoint Charly (Museum Haus am Checkpoint Charlie) published 1,065 Border and Wall deaths
Breakdown with deaths before / after 13. August 1961
Killed at ther Berlin border (incl. Wall): 37 / 190
Killed at German/German border: 247 / 237
Killed/Died at Baltic Sea border: 17 / 164
Killed border guards: 18 / 19
other deaths (incl. off East German ground): 59 / 77
136 identified and verified deaths (as of 1. August 2008)
Source: The joint research project of the "Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer" (Berlin Wall Memorial) and "Zentrums für Zeithistorische Forschung Potsdam" (Center for time based Historic Research Potsdam)
1961
Siekmann, Ida
Litfin, Günter
Hoff, Roland
Urban, Rudolf
Segler, Olga
Lünser, Bernd
Düllick, Udo
Probst, Werner
Lehmann, Lothar
Wohlfahrt, Dieter
Krüger, Ingo
Feldhahn, Georg
1962
Schmiel, Dorit
Jercha, Heinz
Held, Philipp
Schmidtchen, Jürgen (Border Guard)
Böhme, Peter
Brueske, Klaus
Frank, Horst
Göring, Peter (Border Guard)
Haberlandt, Lutz
Hannemann, Axel
Glöde, Wolfgang
Kelm, Erna
Huhn, Reinhold (Border Guard)
Noffke, Siegfried
Fechter, Peter
Wesa, Hans-Dieter
Mundt, Ernst
Seling, Günter (Border Guard)
Walzer, Anton
Plischke, Horst
Reck, Ottfried
Wiedenhöft, Günter
1963
Räwel, Hans
Kutscher, Horst
Kreitlow, Peter
Muszynski, Wolf-Olaf
Mädler, Peter
Widera, Siegfried (Border Guard)
Schröter, Klaus
Schulz, Dietmar
Berger, Dieter
Schultz, Paul
1964
Hayn, Walter
Philipp, Adolf
Heike, Walter
Gneiser, Rainer
Wolscht, Norbert
Trabant, Hildegard
Mispelhorn, Wernhard
Schultz, Egon (Border Guard)
Wolf, Hans-Joachim
Mehr, Joachim
1965
Unknown (N.N.)
Buttkus, Christian
Krzemien, Ulrich
Hauptmann, Hans-Peter
Döbler, Hermann
Kratzel, Klaus
Garten, Klaus
Kittel, Walter
Cyrius, Heinz
Sokolowski, Heinz
Kühn, Erich
Schöneberger, Heinz
1966
Brandes, Dieter
Block, Willi
Schleusener, Lothar
Hartmann, Jörg
Marzahn, Willi
Schulze, Eberhard
Kollender, Michael
Stretz, Paul
Wroblewski, Eduard
Schmidt, Heinz
Senk, Andreas
Kube, Karl-Heinz
1967
Sahmland, Max Willi
Piesik, Franciszek
1968
Weckeiser, Elke
Weckeiser, Dieter
Mende, Herbert
Lehmann, Bernd
Krug, Siegfried
Körner, Horst
Henninger, Rolf (Border Guard)
1969
Lange, Johannes
Kluge, Klaus-Jürgen
Lis, Leo
1970
Wehhage, Eckhardt
Wehhage, Christel
Müller, Heinz
Born, Willi
Ehrlich, Friedhelm
Thiem, Gerald
Kliem, Helmut
Friese, Christian-Peter
1971
Kabelitz, Rolf-Dieter
Hoffmann, Wolfgang
Kühl, Werner
Beilig, Dieter
1972
Kullack, Horst
Weylandt, Manfred
Schulze, Klaus
Katranci, Cengaver
1973
H., Holger
Frommann, Volker
Einsiedel, Horst
Gertzki, Manfred
Krobot, Siegfried
1974
Niering, Burkhard
Sprenger, Johannes
Savoca, Guiseppe
1975
Halli, Herbert
Mert, Cetin
Kiebler, Herbert
Hennig, Lothar
1976
n/a
1977
Schwietzer, Dietmar
Weise, Henri
1978 and 1979
n/a
1980
Steinhauer, Ulrich (Border Guard)
Jirkowski, Marinetta
1981
Muschol, Dr. Johannes
Starrost, Hans-Jürgen
Taubmann, Thomas
1982
Freie, Lothar Fritz
1983
Proksch, Silvio
1984
Schmidt, Michael-Horst
1985
n/a
1986
Liebeke, Rainer
Gross, René
Mäder, Manfred
Bittner, Michael
1987
Schmidt, Lutz
1988
n/a
1989
Diederichs, Ingolf
Freudenberg, Winfried
Gueffroy, Chris
Source: The joint research project of the "Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer" (Berlin Wall Memorial) and "Zentrums für Zeithistorische Forschung Potsdam" (Center for time based Historic Research Potsdam)
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