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Friday 17th of August 1962

62 years ago



Bricklayer and first victim of the Berlin Wall Border Guard Peter Fechter bleeds to death after being shot in the right hip by border guards 26-year-old Rolf Friedrich and 20-year-old Erich Schreiber at the age of 18 in Zimmerstraße, Berlin, Berlin, Germany.


Fechter was left bleeding on the spot for over an hour in full view of western onlookers.