Death of Peter Fechter, Berlin Wall, Kreuzberg 1962
“Peter Fechter was a German bricklayer from East Berlin who, at the age of eighteen, became one of the first victims of the Berlin Wall’s border guards while trying to cross over to West Germany.”
After being shot he lay there crying for help for an hour, to no avail. After his cries stopped, East German border guards retrieved his body.
See also: Lee Miller, ‘Dead SS Guard in the Canal’, Dachau, Germany, 1945
And also: Crushed baby bird, Eastern Kreuzberg, Berlin
Also also: S Mark Gubb, re-enactment of the death of Peter Fechter, 2007