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Peter Fechter (14 January 1944 – 17 August 1962) was a German bricklayer who became the twenty-seventh known person to die at the Berlin Wall. Fechter was 18 years old when he was shot and killed by East German border guards while trying to cross over to West Berlin .
- Peter Fechter memorial
- One of the first and youngest fatalities and denied medical aid at the Berlin Wall
Aug 18, 2014 · Two of the East German guards were convicted of killing Peter Fechter in 1997; the third guard died before charges were brought.
Fechter bled to death after about an hour. After reunification, two border police were found guilty of manslaughter. They were convicted and given suspended prison terms of 20 and 21 months respectively. Both had told the court they fired shots at Fechter, but did not want to kill him.
On August 17, 1962, Peter Fechter, an eighteen-year-old East Berliner, bled to death at the base of a barricade after being shot multiple times by East German border guards during the course of an escape attempt. For the West German public, Fechter’s death made clear the barbarity of the shoot-to-kill order in effect along the inner-German ...
Mar 3, 1997 · Published: March 3, 1997, 12:00 a.m. MST. View Comments. By Deseret News, Reuter News Service. Two former East German border guards said they were sorry at their trial Monday for the 1962 killing of Peter Fechter, who bled to death after he was shot at the Berlin Wall and his cries for help went unheeded.
Peter Fechter. born on January 14, 1944. shot dead on August 17, 1962. on Zimmerstrasse near the Friedrich/Zimmerstrasse border crossing (“Checkpoint Charlie”) at the sector border between Berlin-Mitte and Berlin-Kreuzberg. It was early afternoon when shots were fired on Zimmerstrasse, where the Wall cut right through the neighborhood that ...
Nov 9, 2019 · The fatal shooting of Peter Fechter created a simmering fury that was only becalmed when, on an astonishing night 30 years ago, Berliners tore down the despised wall with their bare hands. Mick...
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