What is Günter Litfin?
{{Infobox person | name = Günter Litfin | image = 2010-03-08-berlin-mauer-by-RalfR-04.jpg | alt = Günter Litfin | caption = Günter Litfin | birth_date = {{Birth date|1937|02|19|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Berlin]], [[Nazi Germany]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|1961|08|24|1937|01|19|df=yes}} | death_place = [[West Berlin]], [[West Germany]] ([[Berlin-Spandau Ship Canal]]) | death_cause = Shot by a guard whilst attempting to leave East Berlin | body_discovered = Spandauer Schifffahrtskanal<br />{{Coord|52.527628|13.373685|display=inline|region:DE-BE_type:landmark|name=Site of Günter Litfin memorial}} | party = [[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|Christian Democratic Union]] | resting_place = Saint Hedwig Cemetery | resting_place_coordinates = {{Coord|52.54619|13.4605|display=inline|region:DE-BE_type:landmark|name=St. Hedwig Cemetery in Berlin-Weissensee}} | monuments = Sandkrugbrücke, [[Invalidenstraße]], [[Berlin]] | known_for = First person to be shot whilst attempting to escape across the [[Berlin Wall]] }} '''Günter Litfin''' (19 January 1937 – 24 August 1961) was a [[Germany|German]] tailor. He was the second known person to die at the [[Berlin Wall]]. Litfin was the first victim to be killed by [[East German]] border [[troops]]. He was the first to succumb to [[Shooting|gunshot wounds]], and was the first male victim.<ref>Christine Brecht: ''Günter Litfin'', in: ''Die Todesopfer an der Berliner Mauer 1961–1989. Ein biographisches Handbuch.'' Links, Berlin 2009, {{ISBN|978-3-86153-517-1}}, p.&nbsp;37–39.</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Litfin}} [[Category:1937 births]] [[Category:1961 deaths]] [[Category:Berlin Wall]] [[Category:Deaths by firearm]]