They paid for their dream with their lives

IDA SIEKMANN, *8/23/1902, had a fatal accident on 8/22/1961 while jumping out of her apartment at Bernauer Strasse 48 on the sector border between Mitte and Wedding. GÜNTER LITFIN, *19 Jan 1937, shot dead on 24 Aug 1961 in Humboldthafen near the Charité on the sector boundary between Mitte and Tiergarten. ROLAND HOFF, *March 19, 1934, shot dead on August 29, 1961 in the Teltow Canal on the outer ring between Teltow (Teltow district) and Steglitz. RUDOLF URBAN, *6.6.1914, crashed on 19.8.1961 while fleeing his apartment in Bernauer Straße on the sector border between Mitte and Wedding, died on 17.9.1961 as a result.

OLGA SEGLER, *31.7.1881, injured on 25.9.1961 while fleeing her apartment at Bernauer Straße 34 on the sector border between Mitte and Wedding – died on 26.9.1961 as a result. BERND LÜNSER, *March 11, 1939, had a fatal accident on October 4, 1961 while jumping from the roof of a house in Bernauer Straße on the sector border between Mitte and Wedding. UDO DÜLLICK, *8/3/1936, drowned under fire on 10/5/1961 in the Spree near the Oberbaumbrücke on the sector boundary between Friedrichshain and Kreuzberg.

WERNER PROBST, *6/18/1936, shot on 10/14/1961 in the Spree near the Schilling Bridge on the sector border between Friedrichshain and Kreuzberg. LOTHAR LEHMANN, *January 28, 1942, drowned on November 26, 1961 in the Havel on the outer ring between Sacrow (Potsdam-Stadt district) and Zehlendorf. DIETER WOHLFAHRT, *May 27, 1941, shot dead on December 9, 1961 on Bergstrasse/corner of Hauptstrasse on the outer ring road between Staaken (Nauen district) and Spandau. INGO KRÜGER, *January 31, 1940, drowned on December 11, 1961 in the Spree near the Marschall Bridge at the sector boundary between Mitte and Tiergarten.

GEORG FELDHAHN, *8/12/1941, drowned on 12/19/1961 in the Teltow Canal, near the Massante Bridge on the sector border between Treptow and Neukölln. DORIT SCHMIEL, *April 25, 1941, shot on February 19, 1962 at Wilhelmsruher Damm on the sector border between Pankow and Reinickendorf. HEINZ JERCHA, *July 1, 1934, shot dead on March 27, 1962 at Heidelberger Strasse 75 on the sector border between Treptow and Neukölln. PHILIPP HELD, *May 2nd, 1942, drowned in April 1962 in the Spree, probably on the sector border between Friedrichshain and Kreuzberg. KLAUS BRUESKE, *September 14, 1938, shot on April 18, 1962 at the Heinrich-Heine-Straße border crossing on the sector border between Mitte and Kreuzberg.

PETER BÖHME, *8/17/1942, shot on 4/18/1962 at the Griebnitzsee track triangle on the outer ring between Potsdam-Babelsberg and Zehlendorf. HORST FRANK, *May 7th, 1942, shot on April 29th, 1962 in the allotment garden “Schönholz” on the sector border between Pankow and Reinickendorf. LUTZ HABERLAND, *April 29, 1938, shot dead on May 27, 1962 on Alexanderufer near the Charité on the sector boundary between Mitte and Tiergarten. AXEL HANNEMANN, *April 27, 1945, shot on June 5, 1962 in the Spree near the Reichstag building on the sector boundary between Mitte and Tiergarten. ERNA KELM, *21 July 2008, drowned on 11 June 1962 in the Havel on the outer ring between Sacrow (Potsdam-Stadt district) and Zehlendorf.

WOLFGANG GLÖDE, *February 1, 1949, shot on June 11, 1962 in the “Sorgenfrei” allotment garden colony on the sector border between Treptow and Neukölln. SIEGFRIED NOFFKE, *9 December 1939, shot on 28 June 1962 at Heinrich-Heine-Strasse 49 on the sector border between Mitte and Kreuzberg. PETER FECHTER, *1/14/1944, shot on 8/17/1962 in Zimmerstrasse near the border crossing at Friedrichstrasse/Zimmerstrasse (“Checkpoint Charlie”) on the sector boundary between Mitte and Kreuzberg. HANS-DIETER WESA, *10 Jan 1943, shot on 23 Aug 1962 at the Bornholmer Straße S-Bahn station on the sector border between Prenzlauer Berg and Wedding.

ERNST MUNDT, *December 2, 2021, shot on September 4, 1962 in the Sophien-Friedhof, Bernauer Straße/corner of Bergstraße on the sector border between Mitte and Wedding. ANTON WALZER, *4/27/1902, shot on 10/8/1962 in the Spree near the Oberbaum Bridge on the sector border between Friedrichshain and Kreuzberg. HORST PLISCHKE, *July 12, 1939, drowned on November 19, 1962 in the Havel north of the Glienicker Bridge on the outer ring between Potsdam and Zehlendorf. OTFRIED RECK, *12/14/1944, shot on 11/27/1962 at the corner of Invalidenstraße and Gartenstraße near the sector border between Mitte and Wedding.

GÜNTER WIEDENHÖFT, *February 14, 1942, drowned in the night from December 5th to 6th, 1962 in Griebnitzsee on the outer ring between Potsdam-Babelsberg and Zehlendorf. HANS RÄWEL, *12/11/1941, shot on 01/01/1963 in the Spree near the Oberbaumbrücke on the sector boundary between Friedrichshain and Kreuzberg. HORST KUTSCHER, *July 5, 1931, shot on January 15, 1963 near Rudower Strasse on the sector border between Treptow and Neukölln. PETER KREITLOW, *15 Jan 1943, shot on 24 Jan 1963 on the outer ring road between Niederneuendorf (Nauen district) and Spandau.

WOLF-OLAF MUSZYNSKI, *1.2.47, drowned in the Spree in February 1963, presumably near the Oberbaumbrücke on the sector boundary between Friedrichshain and Kreuzberg. PETER MÄDLER, *10 July 1943, shot dead on 26 April 1963 in the Teltow Canal on the outer ring between Kleinmachnow (Potsdam-Land district) and Zehlendorf. KLAUS SCHRÖTER, *21 February 1940, shot on 4 November 1963 and as a result drowned in the Spree near the Reichstag building on the sector boundary between Mitte and Tiergarten.

DIETMAR SCHULZ, *October 21, 1939, had a fatal accident on November 25, 1963 on the S-Bahn tracks north of Bornholmer Straße station on the sector border between Prenzlauer Berg and Wedding. DIETER BERGER, *10/27/1939, shot on 12/13/1963 at the Teltow Canal near the Wrede Bridge in Johannisthal on the sector border between Treptow and Neukölln. PAUL SCHULTZ, *October 2nd, 1945, shot on December 25th, 1963 at the corner of Melchiorstrasse and Bethaniendamm on the sector border between Mitte and Kreuzberg.

WALTER HAYN, *January 31, 1939, shot on February 27, 1964 in Kiefholzstraße on the sector border between Treptow and Neukölln. ADOLF PHILIPP, *17 Aug 1943, shot on 5 May 1964 on the outer ring between Spandau and Falkenhagen (Nauen district). WALTER HEIKE, *September 20, 1934, shot on June 22, 1964 on the grounds of the Invalidenfriedhof on the sector border between Mitte and Tiergarten. NORBERT WOLSCHT, *October 27th, 1943, drowned on July 28th, 1964 in the Havel on the outer ring between Potsdam-Babelsberg and Zehlendorf. RAINER GNEISER, *10 Jan 1944, drowned on 28 July 1964 in the Havel on the outer ring between Potsdam-Babelsberg and Zehlendorf.

HILDEGARD TRABANT, *June 12, 1927, shot on August 18, 1964 on the disused S-Bahn line Schönhauser Allee – Gesundbrunnen on the sector border between Prenzlauer Berg and Wedding. WERNHARD MISPELHORN, *10.11.1945, shot on 18.8.1964 in the allotment garden colony “Schönholz” on the sector border between Pankow and Reinickendorf, died on 20.8.1964 as a result of the gunshot wounds. HANS-JOACHIM WOLF, *8.8.47, shot on 26.11.1964 in the Britzer branch canal at the sector border between Treptow and Neukölln.

JOACHIM MEHR, *April 3, 1945, shot dead on December 3, 1964 near Bergfelde on the outer ring between Hohen Neuendorf (Oranienburg district) and Reinickendorf. UNKNOWN FUGITIVE, drowned on January 19, 1965 in the Spree at the sector border between Friedrichshain and Kreuzberg. CHRISTIAN BUTTKUS, *21 February 1944, shot on 4 March 1965 near Stahnsdorfer Damm/Teerofendamm on the outer ring between Kleinmachnow (Potsdam-Land district) and Zehlendorf. ULRICH KRZEMIEN, *September 13, 1940, drowned on March 25, 1965 in the Spree near the Osthafen on the sector border between Kreuzberg and Friedrichshain.

PETER HAUPTMANN, *March 20, 1939, shot on April 24, 1965 on the outer ring between Potsdam-Babelsberg and Zehlendorf – died on May 3, 1965 as a result of the gunshot wounds. HERMANN DÖBLER, *10/28/1922, shot on 06/15/1965 on the Teltow Canal near the Dreilinden border crossing on the outer ring between Zehlendorf and Potsdam. KLAUS KRATZEL, *3.3.1940, had a fatal accident on 8.8.1965 in the S-Bahn tunnel north of Bornholmer Straße station on the sector border between Pankow and Wedding.

KLAUS GARTEN, *19.7.1941, shot on 17.8.1965 near Philipp-Müller-Allee in Seehof on the outer ring between Teltow/Seehof (Potsdam-Land district) and Steglitz – died on 18.8.1965 as a result of the gunshot wound. WALTER KITTEL, *11/21/1942, shot dead on 10/18/1965 on the main line 53 on the outer ring between Kleinmachnow (Potsdam-Land district) and Zehlendorf. HEINZ CYRUS, *6/5/1936, seriously injured under fire on 11/10/1965 when he jumped or fell from the house at Gartenstraße 85 on the sector border between Mitte and Wedding – died on 11/11/1965 as a result of the injuries.

HEINZ SOKOLOWSKI, *12/17/1917, shot on 11/25/1965 between the Reichstag building and the Brandenburg Gate at the sector border between Mitte and Tiergarten. ERICH KÜHN, *February 27, 1903, shot on November 26, 1965 in Kiefholzstraße on the sector border between Treptow and Neukölln – succumbed to his injuries on December 3, 1965. HEINZ SCHÖNEBERGER, *6/7/1938, shot on 12/26/1965 at the Heinrich-Heine-Straße border crossing on the sector border between Mitte and Kreuzberg. DIETER BRANDES, *October 23, 1946, shot on June 9, 1965 on the grounds of the Nordbahnhof near Feldstrasse on the sector border between Mitte and Wedding – succumbed to his injuries on January 11, 1966.

WILLI BLOCK, *June 5, 1934, shot on February 7, 1966 near the Staaken border crossing on the outer ring between Staaken (Nauen district) and Spandau. JÖRG HARTMANN, *October 27, 1955, shot dead on March 14, 1966 in Kiefholzstrasse near the “Sorgenfrei” allotment garden colony on the sector border between Treptow and Neukölln. LOTHAR SCHLEUSENER, *1/14/1953, shot on 3/14/1966 in Kiefholzstraße near the allotment colony “Sorgenfrei” on the sector boundary between Treptow and Neukölln. WILLI MARZAHN, *6/3/1944, shot dead or suicide on 3/19/1966 near Steinstücken/Kohlhasenbrück on the outer ring between Potsdam-Babelsberg and Zehlendorf.

EBERHARD SCHULZ, *March 11, 1946, shot dead on March 30, 1966 near the Rudower Grove on the outer ring between Großziethen (Kings Wusterhausen district) and Neukölln. MICHAEL KOLLENDER, *February 19, 1945, shot on April 25, 1966 at the Teltow Canal in Johannisthal on the sector border between Treptow and Neukölln. PAUL STRETZ, *28 February 1935, shot on 29 April 1966 in the Spandau shipping canal near the Invalidenfriedhof on the sector boundary between Tiergarten and Mitte. EDUARD WROBLEWSKI, *3.3.1933, shot dead on 26.7. 1966 on the outer ring between Mahlow (Zossen district) and Tempelhof.

HEINZ SCHMIDT, *26.10. 1919, shot on August 29, 1966 in the Spandau shipping canal at the sector border between Tiergarten and Mitte. ANDREAS SENK, *1960, drowned on September 13, 1966 in the Spree near the Oberbaumbrücke on the sector border between Kreuzberg and Friedrichshain. KARL-HEINZ KUBE, *April 10, 1949, shot dead on December 16, 1966 near Teltow harbor on the outer ring between Kleinmachnow (Potsdam-Land district) and Zehlendorf.

MAX SAHMLAND, *March 28, 1929, shot and drowned on January 27, 1967 in the Teltow Canal near Kanalstraße on the sector border between Treptow and Neukölln. FRANCISZEK PIESIK, *November 23, 1942, drowned on October 17, 1967 in Niederneuendorfer See on the outer ring between Hennigsdorf (Nauen district) and Spandau. ELKE WECKEISER, *October 31, 1945, shot on February 18, 1968 opposite the Reichstag building near the Kronprinzenbrücke on the sector boundary between Mitte and Tiergarten.

DIETER WECKEISER, *February 15, 1943, shot on February 18, 1968 opposite the Reichstag building, near the Kronprinzenbrücke on the sector boundary between Mitte and Tiergarten – died on February 19, 1968 as a result of the gunshot wounds. HERBERT MENDE, *9.2.1939, shot on 8.7.1962 at the Glienicker Bridge on the outer ring in Potsdam – died on 10.3.1968 as a result of the gunshot wounds. BERND LEHMANN, *July 31, 1949, drowned on May 28, 1968 in the Spree at the sector border between Treptow and Kreuzberg.

SIEGFRIED KRUG, *July 22, 1939, shot dead on July 6, 1968 on Pariser Platz in front of the Brandenburg Gate on the sector border between Mitte and Tiergarten. HORST KÖRNER, *July 12, 1947, shot dead on November 15, 1968 in Babelsberg Palace Park on the outer ring between Potsdam-Babelsberg and Zehlendorf. JOHANNES LANGE, *December 17, 1940, shot dead on April 9, 1969 near Fritz-Heckert-Strasse on the sector border between Mitte and Kreuzberg. KLAUS-JÜRGEN KLUGE, *25 July 1948, shot dead on 13 September 1969 near the Helmut Just Bridge on the sector border between Prenzlauer Berg and Wedding. LEO LIS, *10.5.1924, shot on 20.9. 1969 near the Nordbahnhof on the sector border between Mitte and Wedding.

CHRISTEL WEHAGE, *12/15/1946, suicide after a failed plane hijacking on March 10, 1970 at Schönefeld Airport. ECKHARD WEHAGE, * July 8, 1948, suicide after a failed plane hijacking on March 10, 1970 at Schönefeld Airport. HEINZ MÜLLER, *May 16, 1943, shot dead on June 19, 1970 near the Schilling Bridge on the sector border between Kreuzberg and Friedrichshain. WILLI BORN, *19.7.1950, suicide when he discovered his escape on 7.7.1970 on the outer ring between Bergfelde (Oranienburg district) and Reinickendorf.

FRIEDHELM EHRLICH, *July 11, 1950, shot and bled to death on August 2, 1970 near Leipziger Strasse/Staerkstrasse on the outer ring road in Glienicke/Nordbahn (Oranienburg district). GERALD THIEM, *September 6, 1928, shot dead on August 7, 1970 on the corner of Kiefholzstrasse and Puderstrasse on the sector border between Neukölln and Treptow. HELMUT KLIEM, *6/2/1939, shot on 11/13/1970 in Falkenhöh near Pestalozzistraße on the outer ring between Falkensee (Nauen district) and Spandau. HANS JOACHIM ZOCK, *January 26, 1940, drowned between November 14 and 17, 1970 in the Spree at the sector border between Friedrichshain and Kreuzberg.

CHRISTIAN PETER FRIESE, *January 5, 1948, shot on December 25, 1970 at the Köllnische Heide railway embankment in Johannisthal on the sector border between Treptow and Neukölln. ROLF-DIETER KABELITZ, *June 23, 1951, shot on January 7, 1971 on the outer ring between Bergfelde (Oranienburg district) and Reinickendorf – died on January 30, 1971 as a result of the gunshot wounds. WOLFGANG HOFFMANN, *September 1, 1942, jumped to his death on July 15, 1971 in Treptow from the building of the People’s Police Inspectorate after being arrested at the Friedrichstrasse station border crossing.

WERNER KÜHL, *February 10, 1949, shot dead on July 24, 1971 near the Britzer Allee/Baumschulenweg bridge on the sector boundary between Neukölln and Treptow. DIETER BEILIG, *September 5th, 1941, shot on October 2nd, 1971 near the Brandenburg Gate on the sector border between Tiergarten and Mitte. HORST KULLACK, *November 20, 1948, shot on December 31, 1971 on the outer ring between Groß Ziethen (Kings Wusterhausen district) and Tempelhof – died on January 21, 1972 as a result of the gunshot wounds.

MANFRED WEYLANDT, *12 July 1942, shot or drowned on 14 February 1972 near the Schilling Bridge in the Spree between Friedrichshain and Kreuzberg. KLAUS SCHULZE, *10/13/1953, shot on 03/07/1972 near Falkenhöh, opposite the then exclave Eiskeller on the outer ring between Falkensee (Nauen district) and Spandau. CENGAVER KATRANCI, *1964, drowned on October 30, 1972 in the Spree near the Oberbaum Bridge on the sector border between Kreuzberg and Friedrichshain.

HOLGER H., *1971, suffocated while fleeing with his parents on January 22, 1973 at the Drewitz border crossing/Checkpoint Dreilinden (“Checkpoint Bravo”) on the outer ring between Potsdam-Babelsberg and Zehlendorf. VOLKER FROMMANN, *April 23, 1944, had an accident and was seriously injured on March 1, 1973 near the Pankow S-Bahn station on the sector border between Pankow and Wedding – died on March 5, 1973 as a result of the injuries. HORST EINSIEDEL, *February 8, 1940, shot on March 15, 1973 in the Pankow Municipal Cemetery on the sector border between Pankow and Reinickendorf.

MANFRED GERTZKI, *May 17, 1942, shot or drowned on April 27, 1973 in the immediate vicinity of the Reichstag building on the sector boundary between Mitte and Tiergarten. SIEGFRIED KROBOTH, *April 23, 1968, drowned on May 14, 1973 in the Spree near the Brommybrücke on the sector border between Kreuzberg and Friedrichshain. BURKHARD NIERING, *September 1, 1950, shot dead on January 5, 1974 at the border crossing at Friedrichstrasse/Zimmerstrasse (“Checkpoint Charlie”) on the sector border between Mitte and Kreuzberg. CZESLAW JAN KUKUCZKA, *July 23, 1935, shot on March 29, 1974 at the Friedrichstraße station border crossing in Mitte, died the same day as a result of the gunshot wounds.

JOHANNES SPRENGER, *December 3, 1905, shot dead on May 10, 1974 near the Hornklee path in Altglienicke on the sector border between Treptow and Neukölln. GIUSEPPE SAVOCA, *April 22, 1968, drowned on June 15, 1974 in the Spree near the Oberbaum Bridge on the sector border between Kreuzberg and Friedrichshain. HERBERT HALLI, *November 24, 1953, shot on April 3, 1975 in Zimmerstrasse/corner of Otto-Grotewohl-Strasse on the sector border between Mitte and Kreuzberg. CETIN MERT, *May 11, 1970, drowned on May 11, 1975 in the Spree near the Oberbaumbrücke on the sector border between Kreuzberg and Friedrichshain.

HERBERT KIEBLER, *March 24, 1952, shot dead on June 27, 1975 west of trunk road 96 on the outer ring road between Mahlow (Zossen district) and Tempelhof. LOTHAR HENNIG, *6/30/1954, shot on 11/4/1975 in Weinmeisterweg in Sacrow (Potsdam-Land district) – died on 11/5/1975 as a result of the gunshot wound.

DIETMAR SCHWIETZER, *21 February 1958, shot dead on 16 February 1977 near Berliner Allee on the outer ring road between Schönwalde (Nauen district) and Spandau. HENRI WEISE, *13.7.1954, probably drowned in May 1977 in the Spree at the sector border between Mitte and Tiergarten. VLADIMIR IWANOWITSCH ODINZOW, *1960, shot dead on February 2, 1979 on Dorfstrasse in Seeburg on the outer ring road between Seeburg (Potsdam-Land district) and Spandau. MARIENETTA JIRKOWSKY, *8/25/1962, shot on 11/22/1980 in Florastraße opposite the Invalidensiedlung on the outer ring between Hohen Neuendorf (Oranienburg district) and Reinickendorf.

HANS-PETER GROHGANZ, *September 25, 1948, drowned between December 10, 1980 and February 9, 1981 in the Spree east of the Oberbaum Bridge between Friedrichshain and Kreuzberg. JOHANNES MUSCHOL, *May 31, 1949, shot on March 16, 1981 near Copenhagener Strasse in Wilhelmsruh on the sector border between Reinickendorf and Pankow. HANS-JÜRGEN STARROST, *6/24/1955, shot on 4/14/1981 in Gudrunstraße in Sigridshorst on the outer ring between Teltow-Seehof (Potsdam-Land district) and Steglitz – died on 5/16/1981 as a result of the gunshot wound.

THOMAS TAUBMANN, *22.7.1955, died in an accident on 12.12.1981 below the Bösebrücke on the sector border between Prenzlauer Berg and Wedding. LOTHAR FRITZ FREIE, *February 8, 1955, shot on June 4, 1982 near the Helmut-Just Bridge on the sector border between Wedding and Prenzlauer Berg – died on June 6, 1982 as a result of the gunshot wounds. SILVIO PROKSCH, *3.3.1962, shot on 25.12.1983 at the Pankow Municipal Cemetery on the sector border between Pankow and Reinickendorf.

MICHAEL SCHMIDT, *October 20th, 1964, shot dead on December 1st, 1984 on Schulzestraße, near the S-Bahn station Wollankstraße on the sector border between Pankow and Reinickendorf. RAINER LIEBEKE, *September 11, 1951, drowned on September 3, 1986 in Lake Sacrow on the outer ring between Groß Glienicke (Potsdam-Land) and Spandau. RENE GROSS, *May 1, 1964, shot dead on November 21, 1986 near Karpfenteichstraße on the sector border between Treptow and Neukölln. MANFRED MÄDER, *8/23/1948, shot on 11/21/1986 near Karpfenteichstraße on the sector border between Treptow and Neukölln.

MICHAEL BITTNER, *8/31/1961, shot on 11/24/1986 near Nohlstraße on the outer ring between Glienicke/Nordbahn (Oranienburg district) and Reinickendorf. LUTZ SCHMIDT, *July 8, 1962, shot on February 12, 1987 near Rheingoldstrasse, not far from the Rudower Chaussee border crossing on the sector border between Treptow and Neukölln. INGOLF DIEDERICHS, *April 13, 1964, died in an accident on January 13, 1989 in the Bösebrücke/Bornholmer Straße border crossing area on the sector border between Prenzlauer Berg and Wedding.

CHRIS GUEFFROY, *6/21/1968, shot on 2/5/89 at the Britz branch canal near the allotment colonies “Harmonie” and “Sorgenfrei” on the sector border between Treptow and Neukölln. WINFRIED FREUDENBERG, *29.8.1956, had a fatal accident on 8.3.89 in a balloon crash in Zehlendorf after flying over the sector border between Pankow and Reinickendorf.