Name Date of birth Date of death Age Role Event details 1 Ida Siekmann [1][2][3][4] 23 August 1902 22 August 1961 58 Escapee Died from internal injuries after she jumped out the window of her apartment at Bernauer Straße 48. 2 Günter Litfin [48] 19 January 1937 24 August 1961 24 Escapee Shot in Humboldt Harbour 3 Roland Hoff [49] 19 March 1934 29 August 1961 27 Escapee Shot in the Teltow Canal 4 Rudolf Urban [50] 6 June 1914 17 September 1961 47 Escapee Fell while climbing out the window of his apartment at Bernauer Straße 1, and died of pneumonia in the Lazarus hospitala 5 Olga Segler [51] 31 July 1881 26 September 1961 80 Escapee Jumped from her home at Bernauer Straße 34 and died a day later from internal injuries 6 Bernd Lünser [52] 11 March 1939 4 October 1961 22 Escapee Fell from the roof at Bernauer Straße 44 while fighting with GDR border patrol 7 Udo Düllick [53] 8 March 1936 5 October 1961 25 Escapee Drowned in the Spree 8 Werner Probst [54] 18 June 1936 14 October 1961 25 Escapee Shot in the Spree 9 Lothar Lehmann [55] 28 January 1942 26 November 1961 19 Escapee Drowned in the Havel 10 Dieter Wohlfahrt [56] 27 May 1941 9 December 1961 20 Escapee Shot while helping others escape 11 Ingo Krüger [57] 31 January 1940 10 December 1961 21 Escapee Drowned in the Spree – defective diving equipment 12 Georg Feldhahn [58] 12 August 1941 19 December 1961 20 No intention Drowned in the Spree after desertion; body found on 11 March 1962 13 Dorit Schmiel [59] 25 April 1941 19 February 1962 20 Escapee Shot at Wilhelmsruher Damm at the sector border between Berlin-Pankow and Berlin-Reinickendorf 14 Heinz Jercha [60] 1 July 1937 27 March 1962 24 Helper of escapees Shot at Heidelberger Strasse 75 at the sector border between Berlin-Treptow and Berlin-Neukölln 15 Philipp Held [61] 2 May 1942 April 1962 19 Escapee Drowned in the Spree on or after 8 April; body found on 22 April 16 Klaus Brueske [62] 14 September 1938 18 April 1962 23 Escapee Suffocatedb 17 Peter Böhme [63] 17 August 1942 18 April 1962 19 Escapee Shot in a fire-fight 18 Jörgen Schmidtchen [64] 28 June 1941 18 April 1962 20 Guard Shot by escapee Peter Bohme at Gleisdreieck Griebnitzsee on the outer ring between Potsdam-Babelsberg and Berlin-Zehlendorf 19 Horst Frank [65] 7 May 1942 29 April 1962 19 Escapee Shot at the "Schönholz" garden settlement at the sector border between Berlin-Pankow and Berlin-Reinickendorf 20 Peter Göring [23][66] 28 December 1940 23 May 1962 21 Guard Shot; stray bullet from West Berlin police 21 Lutz Haberlandt [67] 29 April 1938 27 May 1962 24 Escapee Shot while attempting to escape on the sector border south of the Sandkrug Bridge, near the Charité on Alexander's shore 22 Axel Hannemann [68] 27 April 1945 5 June 1962 17 Escapee Shot in the Spree 23 Erna Kelm [69] 21 July 1908 11 June 1962 53 Escapee Drowned in the Havel 24 Wolfgang Glöde [70] 1 February 1949 11 June 1962 13 No intention Shot accidentally by a guard showing him his AK-47 25 Reinhold Huhn [71] 8 March 1942 18 June 1962 20 Guard Shot by escapees 26 Siegfried Noffke [72] 9 December 1939 28 June 1962 22 Escapee Shot as an escape helper at the sector border between the districts Mitte and Kreuzberg at Heinrich-Heine-Straße 49, after the local escape tunnel had been betrayed; died on the way to the East Berlin hospital 27 Peter Fechter [73] 14 January 1944 17 August 1962 18 Escapee Shot while attempting to escape in Berlin-Mitte, Zimmerstraße; Bleeding in the death strip before the eyes of a large West Berlin crowd 28 Hans-Dieter Wesa [74] 10 January 1943 23 August 1962 19 Escapee At the sector border in Gesundbrunnen at S-Bahn station Bornholmer Straße, he was shot at trying to escape and, when he was lying on the ground, shot from close range 29 Ernst Mundt [75] 2 December 1921 4 September 1962 40 Escapee Shot while attempting to escape at the sector border, at Sophienfriedhof, Bernauer Ecke Bergstraße 30 Günter Seling [76] 28 April 1940 30 September 1962 22 Guard In the service killed border guardsman; shot dead by a comrade on the southwestern outer ring, because according to different information either the submachine gun accidentally triggered or he was confused with a GDR refugee 31 Anton Walzer [77] 27 April 1902 8 October 1962 60 Escapee Shot while trying to escape at the sector border in the Spree near the Oberbaumbrücke 32 Horst Plischke [78] 12 July 1932 19 November 1962 30 Escapee Drowned in the Spree; body found on 10 March 1963 33 Otfried Reck [79] 14 December 1944 27 November 1962 17 Escapee After a foiled escape attempt on the run from the now pursuing Grenzer search party near the border shot 34 Günter Wiedenhöft [80] 14 February 1942 5 December 1962 20 Escapee Drowned 35 Hans Räwel [81] 11 December 1942 1 January 1963 20 Escapee Shot in the Spree 36 Horst Kutscher [82] 5 July 1931 15 January 1963 31 Escapee Shot 37 Peter Kreitlow [83] 15 January 1943 24 January 1963 20 Escapee Shot by Soviet troops 38 Wolf-Olaf Muszynski [84] 1 February 1947 February 1963/ March 1963 16 Escapee Drowned in the Spree 39 Peter Mädler [43] 10 July 1943 26 April 1963 19 Escapee Shot in the Teltow Canal 40 Siegfried Widera [85] 12 February 1941 8 September 1963 22 Guard Bludgeoned with a metal rod on 23 August 1963 41 Klaus Schröter [86] 21 February 1940 4 November 1963 23 Escapee Drowned in the Spree after being shot 42 Dietmar Schulz [87] 21 October 1939 25 November 1963 24 Escapee Hit by a train 43 Dieter Berger [88] 27 October 1939 13 December 1963 24 No intention Shot while drunkenly climbing the fence 44 Paul Schultz [89] 2 October 1945 25 December 1963 18 Escapee Shot 45 Walter Hayn [90] 31 January 1939 27 February 1964 25 Escapee Shot 46 Adolf Philipp [91] 13 August 1943 5 May 1964 20 No intention Shot after threatening the border guards with a gun 47 Walter Heike [92] 20 September 1934 22 June 1964 29 Escapee Shot 48 Norbert Wolscht [93] 27 October 1943 28 July 1964 20 Escapee Drowned in the Havel 49 Rainer Gneiser [94] 10 November 1944 28 July 1964 19 Escapee Drowned in the Havel 50 Hildegard Trabant [95] 12 June 1927 18 August 1964 37 Escapee Shot while running away from the wall after a failed escape attempt 51 Wernhard Mispelhorn [96] 10 November 1945 20 August 1964 18 Escapee Shot on 18 August 1964 52 Egon Schultz [97] 4 January 1943 5 October 1964 21 Guard Shot accidentally in a fire-fight 53 Hans-Joachim Wolf [98] 8 August 1944 26 November 1964 20 Escapee Shot 54 Joachim Mehr [99] 3 April 1945 3 December 1964 19 Escapee Shot 55 Unidentified man [100] Unknown 19 January 1965 Unknown Escapee Drowned in the Spree 56 Christian Buttkus [101] 21 February 1944 4 March 1965 21 Escapee Shot 57 Ulrich Krzemien [102] 13 September 1940 25 March 1965 24 West-East-Crossing Escaped 1962, drowned in the Spree while crossing to East Berlin 58 Hans-Peter Hauptmann [103] 20 March 1939 3 May 1965 26 No intention Shot on 25 April 1965 during an argument with border guards 59 Hermann Döbler [104] 28 October 1922 15 June 1965 42 No intention Shot after unintentionally piloting his boat too close to the border along the Teltow Canal 60 Klaus Kratzel [105] 3 March 1940 8 August 1965 25 Escapee Hit by a train 61 Klaus Garten [106] 19 July 1941 18 August 1965 24 Escapee Shot 62 Walter Kittel [107] 21 May 1942 18 October 1965 23 Escapee Shot after surrenderingc 63 Heinz Cyrus [108] 5 June 1936 11 November 1965 29 Escapee Fell from the fourth floor of a building he fled to 64 Heinz Sokolowski [109] 17 December 1917 25 November 1965 47 Escapee Shot 65 Erich Kühn [110] 27 February 1903 3 December 1965 62 Escapee Peritonitis after being shot 66 Heinz Schöneberger [111] 7 June 1938 26 December 1965 27 Escapee Shot 67 Dieter Brandes [112] 23 October 1946 11 January 1966 19 Escapee Circulatory failure after being shot on 9 June 1965 68 Willi Block [113] 5 June 1934 7 February 1966 31 Escapee Shot 69 Lothar Schleusener [114] 14 January 1953 14 March 1966 13 Escapee Shot 70 Jörg Hartmann [115] 27 October 1955 14 March 1966 10 Escapee Shot 71 Willi Marzahn [116] 3 June 1944 19 March 1966 21 Escapee Shot in a fire-fight, at the boundary around Kohlhasenbrück/Steinstücken. 72 Eberhard Schulz [117] 11 March 1946 30 March 1966 20 Escapee Shot between Kleinmachnow and Königs Wusterhausen; the co-refugee was even arrested.