GREETINGS FROM A CITY THAT HAD A WALL TOO!

BERLIN IS A CITY THAT WAS ARD HAD A INNER CITY SHOOTING ORDER TILL 1989

at least 140 people were killed at the Berlin Wall or died under circumstances directly connected with the GDR border regime

In numerous legal cases throughout the 1990s, several border guards, along with political officials responsible for the efence policies, were found guilty of manslaughter and served probation or were jailed for their role in the Berlin Wall deaths.

. The outer border of West Berlin, which was also the border between West Berlin and the GDR, had also been closed down in 1952. During the night of 12 to 13 August 1961 the National Peoples Army, the German Border Police, the Volkspolizei and the Combat Groups of the Working Class locked down all passages between the Soviet sector and the three West sectors; construction of border protection facilities began. The Arbeitsgruppe 13 August (Working Group 13 August), a West Berlin association. Within the jurisdiction of the West-Berlin police, the State Security Department was responsible for the registration of known incidents. The records distinguish between individuals who died at the outer border of West Berlin (80 incidents), unclear incidents (with 5 possible wall victims) and border guards who were shot. The Central Registry of State Judicial Administrations in Salzgitter was also given the mandate to collect evidence of actual or attempted murder in the GDR. In 1991, it published the "Salzgitter-Report" with the names of 78 victims. However, since the Registration Agency had no access to the GDR archives, the data was regarded as incomplete. Both agencies mainly listed incidents that could have been observed from West Berlin or had been reported by fugitives or border patrols who left the GDR.

Fugitives shot and killed or fatally injured by East German security forces while trying to cross the Wall;

• Fugitives who died while attempting to cross the Wall, or who committed suicide when their attempt failed, or who suffered fatal injuries in the course of their attempt;

• People from East and West who were shot and killed or fatally injured by East German security forces;

• People from East and West who died or were fatally injured as a result of the actions or inaction of the East German security forces;

• Members of the East German border troops who were killed or suffered fatal injuries while on duty.

The definition coined by the Arbeitsgruppe 13. August reaches further. It includes border guards that committed suicide and cold cases involving bodies found cases involving bodies found in boundary waters.

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