The Victims at the Berlin Wall, 1961-1989: A Biographical HandbookHans-Hermann Hertle, Maria Nooke Ch. Links Verlag, 2011 - 512 Seiten Although many deaths at the Berlin Wall have been publicized over the years in the media, the number, identity and fate of the victims still remain largely unknown. This handbook changes this by answering the following questions: How many people actually died at the Berlin Wall between 1961 and 1989? Who were these people? How did they die? How were their relatives and their friends treated after their deaths? What public and political reactions were triggered in the East and the West by these fatalities? What were the consequences for the border guards who pulled the trigger and the military and political leaders who gave them their orders after the East German border regime collapsed and the Wall fell? How have the victims been commemorated since their deaths? By documenting the lives and circumstances under which these men and women died at the Wall, these deaths are placed in a contemporary historical context. The authors, in addition to systematically researching the relevant archives and examining all the legal proceedings and Stasi documents, also conducted interviews with family members and contemporary witnesses. |
Inhalt
Preface | 10 |
Definitions and Case Groups | 17 |
Treatment of the Deceased and their Relatives | 23 |
Fugitives who were either shot suffered a fatal accident or took | 35 |
35 | 74 |
Other Cases of Death and Alleged Cases | 464 |
Unsolvable Cases | 485 |
Bibliography | 500 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
arrested BArch Bericht der West-Berliner Berlin district court Berlin Wall Berlin-Friedrichshain Berlin-Kreuzberg Berlin-Mitte Berlin-Neukölln Berlin-Treptow Berliner Morgenpost Berliner Polizei Bernd Bestand betr Bild-Zeitung border crossing border grounds border guards border soldiers born BStU bullet BVfS Chris Gueffroy Christine Brecht conversation conducted death Der Tagesspiegel died Dieter East German authorities East German border East German police East German secret Erich Honecker escape attempt fatal fence fired flee friends fugitive German secret police Grenzdurchbruch Group 13th Günter Hans-Hermann Hertle Heinz Horst Ibid investigation Klaus Landgerichts Berlin later Lothar Mauer meters MfS/HA military mother Neuruppin Niederschrift der Zeugenvernehmung parents People’s Peter Peter Fechter Potsdam prison prosecutor Schreiben sector border sentenced shooting shot dead Shot while trying Spree StA Berlin Staatsanwaltschaft Stasi Strafsache Tagesspiegel Teltow Canal Udo Baron Urteil des Landgerichts VfS Gross-Berlin/Abt victims West Berlin West Berlin police West-Berliner Polizei ZAIG