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    • 23 May

      1962

      Peter Göring: born on Dec. 28, 1940, border guard shot dead at the Berlin Wall on May 23, 1962 (date of photo not known)
      Peter Göring; date of photo not known (Photo: Polizeihistorische Sammlung/Der Polizeipräsident in Berlin)
      A 15-year-old school pupil from Erfurt, Wilfried Tews, tries to escape through the Spandau shipping canal at East Berlin’s Invalidenfriedhof cemetery. He is fired at by GDR border police and reaches West Berlin severely injured.

      West Berlin police return fire after bullets shot by GDR border soldiers land on their side. The East German NCO Peter Göring is hit by a ricochet while trying to get in a better position to kill the boy, and is fatally injured. Peter Göring, born on December 28, 1940, killed accidentally by a ricochet bullet on May 23, 1962 at the Spandauer Schifffahrts Canal
      Wilfried Tews, 1962 East German pupil: About his escape through a boat canal (Spandauer Schifffahrtskanal) near the Invalidenfriedhof in May 1962 (source: astfilm productions/Looks)

    • 26 May

      1962

      Corner of Bernauer Strasse and Schwedter Strasse: the Wall is repaired after a bomb attack, 26 May 1962
      Corner of Bernauer Strasse and Schwedter Strasse: the Wall is repaired after a bomb attack, 26 May 1962 (Photo: Polizeihistorische Sammlung/Der Polizeipräsident in Berlin)
      During the night, a group of young West Berliners that is actively involved in helping people escape from the GDR carries out the biggest bomb attack on the Wall to date. The explosion at the corner of Bernauer Strasse and Schwedter Strasse tears a hole several metres across in the concrete.

    • 27 May

      1962

      Lutz Haberlandt: born on April 29, 1938, shot dead at the Berlin Wall on May 27, 1962 while trying to escape (photo: ca. 1960)
      Lutz Haberlandt; photo: ca. 1960 (Photo: Polizeihistorische Sammlung/Der Polizeipräsident in Berlin)
      The 24-year-old bricklayer Lutz Haberlandt is shot dead by transport police while trying to cross the Wall near the East Berlin Charité and escape to West Berlin. Lutz Haberlandt, born on April 29, 1938, shot dead on May 27, 1962 on the Alexander embankment near Charité Hospital
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