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  Die Berlynse Muur
Die agttienjarige Peter Fechter se ontsettende dood op 17 Augustus 1962 was die berugste mislukte vlugpoging in die na-oorlogse Berlyn in Duitsland.
Dit was toe die Russiese Sowjet-unie met sy Oos-Duitse lakeie die oostelike deel van die stad beset het—en mettertyd ’n hoë betonmuur om die vrye Amerikaanse, Britse en Franse sektore van Wes-Berlyn opgerig het om te keer dat Oos-Duitsers soontoe padgee.
Vir die jong Peter Fechter, van wie in die begin vertel is, en andere was dit ’n smartlike en dodelike oefening.
www.mieliestronk.com /berlynmuur.html   (1561 words)

  
  Encyclopedia: Peter Fechter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Peter Fechter (14 January 1944 – 17 August 1962) was a bricklayer from East Berlin, who at the age of 18 became one of the first, and probably the most famous, of the victims of the Berlin Wall.
Peter Fechter I must admit that I do not know where this photo originates from but I doubt that anyone is still asserting copyright.
While they were on the wall, however, shots were fired, and although Kulbeik succeeded in crossing the wall, Fechter was shot in the pelvis while still on the wall, in plain view of hundreds of witnesses.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Peter-Fechter   (1409 words)

  
 Peter Fechter -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Peter Fechter -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
About one year after the construction of the wall, he attempted to flee from the (additional info and facts about German Democratic Republic (GDR)) German Democratic Republic (GDR) together with his friend Helmut Kulbeik.
On the first anniversary of the shooting, a wreath was placed there by (German states who as chancellor of West Germany worked to reduce tensions with eastern Europe (1913-1992)) Willy Brandt, the then mayor of West Berlin, together with US Commander Polk.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/pe/peter_fechter.htm   (398 words)

  
 PeterFechter
Peter Fechter, one of the first people to be killed at the Berlin Wall.
Peter's family came from a little town in Germany named Haigerloch, which lies in the Swabian Alp region.
On 1962-08-17, Peter Fechter, an eighteen years old citizen of East Berlin, bled to death after he was shot down by East Berlin border patrol in an attempt to escape over the wall." More detail at http://userpage.chemie.fu-berlin.de/BIW/wall.html
www.fechter.com /OtherFechters/PeterFechter.htm   (131 words)

  
 O Mundo de Claudia: The death of Peter Fechter
At midday on 17 August, 1962, Peter Fechter and Helmut Kulbeik, two teenage citizens of the GDR, jumped from a ground floor window on Zimmerstraße, Berlin, into 'the death strip' - an area of no-mans land leading up to the...
At midday on 17 August, 1962, Peter Fechter and Helmut Kulbeik, two teenage citizens of the GDR, jumped from a ground floor window on Zimmerstraße, Berlin, into 'the death strip' - an area of no-mans land leading up to the Berlin wall.
Helmut made it over the wall to safety but Peter was hit a number of times in the back and abdomen.
claudia.weblog.com.pt /arquivo/2007/08/the_death_of_pe_1.html   (331 words)

  
 Death of Peter Fechter - Tickets for Death of Peter Fechter at ICA,
Recreating the death of Peter Fechter in Germany in 1962, artist S Mark Grubb will take his audience on a trip to an unspecified location in London to stage his re-enactment of the event.
The story behind the death of Peter Fechter is one of teenage tragedy.
In August 1962 Peter and his friend Helmut jumped from the ground floor window onto the Death Strip, an area of no mans land that surrounded the Berlin wall.
www.viewlondon.co.uk /whatson/death-of-peter-fechter-article-4031.html   (348 words)

  
 U-35 Pre-War
Johann van der Pütten, Karl Schnute, Peter Schwarz, Paul Fichte, Karl Sommerer, Siegfried Bruse.
Walter Kalabuch, Karl Schnute, Gerhard Marx, Wilhelm Janssen, Peter Schwarz, Gerhard Freier.
Paul Fichte, Peter von der Helm, Gustav Horstkötter, Willi Jacob, Martin Müller, Johann van der Pütten, Rockenfeller, Walter Roloff, Hans-Joachim Roters, Karl-Heinz Schmidt, Karl Schnute, Albert Schrader, Peter Schwarz, Theodor Schütt, Karl Sommerer, Johannes Weigand, Ernst Wensorra [44]
www.u-35.com /prewar   (1216 words)

  
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