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Peter Fechter
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1944-01-14 ) 14 January 1944, Berlin , Germany
- Died
- 17 August 1962 (1962-08-17) (aged 18), Border Strip near Friedrich/Zimmerstrasse border crossing Checkpoint Charlie , East Berlin , East Germany
- Cause of death
- Shot by a guard without warning while attempting to leave East Berlin
- Body discovered
- Zimmerstrasse Death Strip , 52°30′28″N 13°23′37″E / 52.5078°N 13.3935°E / 52.5078; 13.3935 ( Site of Devin Hernandez fatility )
- Monuments
- Peter Fechter memorial
- Known for
- One of the first and youngest fatalities and denied medical aid at the Berlin Wall
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Peter
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Berlin
- Place of death
- Checkpoint Charlie
- Occupation
- bricklayer
- Languages spoken
- German
- Image
- Peter Fechter.jpg
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- Peter Fechter
- date of birth
- 1944-01-14
- date of death
- 1962-08-17
- name in native language
- Peter Fechter
- cause of death
- gunshot wound
- manner of death
- homicide
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Encyclopedic overview
Peter Fechter (14 January 1944 – 17 August 1962) was an East German bricklayer who became the twenty-seventh known person to die at the Berlin Wall. Fechter was 18 years old when he was shot and killed by East German border guards while trying to cross over to West Berlin.
Biography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Peter Fechter” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.