How GDR citizens tried to escape between 1961 and 1988

How GDR citizens tried to escape between 1961 and 1988 | History Stories

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Between 1949 and the summer of 1961, some 2.6 million East Germans left for the West; a figure representing a sixth of the country’s entire population. The GDR’s response was to build a wall in Berlin. Thereafter, West Berliners needed a permit to visit the East. As for East Berliners, they were barred from visiting the city’s western districts. But many still tried to reach the West; an endeavor that ended in death for some. In this episode of History Stories we explore the stories of the over 100,000 citizens of the GDR who tried to escape across the inner-German border or the Berlin Wall between 1961 and 1988.
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@gringofirst8052 2 ай бұрын

I still can’t accept that after the fall of the wall , the responsible persons were not brought to justice. They were their own people. Many of the responsible vanished in government positions, it’s disgusting. It has puzzled me for years.

@thethirdman225 Ай бұрын

It would be pretty hard to unify a country if you’re going to vilify some of the leaders, no matter how much you think you’re right in doing so.

@mmoff3 11 күн бұрын

Erich Honnecker never faced justice. Agreed, unacceptable. He gave direct orders to shoot escapees, even when they already made it to West Berlin. That had potential to escalate Cold War out lf nowhere

@SuperBuildsInMC 6 ай бұрын

"Democracy is not perfect, but we have never had to put a wall up to keep our people in..." - JFK

@user-so4dy9rn4l 5 ай бұрын

Tankies: BuT THaT wAsNt rEaL cOmMuNiSm!1!

@lundsweden 5 ай бұрын

There is some truth in what JFK said, but millions migrated from Capitalist countries such as Greece, Italy, England. The difference is, their governments didn't try and stop them.

@_o..o_1871 4 ай бұрын

@@user-so4dy9rn4l Ok na*i

@user-so4dy9rn4l 4 ай бұрын

@@_o..o_1871 ???????

@user-so4dy9rn4l 4 ай бұрын

@@_o..o_1871 nazism communism and facism are terrible there is no denying

@margritpiepes8242 2 ай бұрын

Everyone needs to see these focus so it won’t be forgotten

4 күн бұрын

It was the late great Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. who once said he had a dream - a dream that one day segregation would be ended and that his people would be "free at last, free at last." In the homeland of the original Martin Luther, that dream came true on November 9th 1989. To paraphrase that great speech, the little girls and boys of the East would sit down at the same table as the little girls and boys of the West before Almighty God as One. The real tragedy of the Wall, apart from the victims who lost their lives, was that many of the perpetrators of that monstrosity were never brought to justice. Those that were tried received very light sentences. Never forget those who fell, fought and died for freedom.✝️✝️✝️

@khairulnaeim756 Ай бұрын

Maybe base on group that have arms not people.....army turn become something else...not because a country... economy not in focus...it real bad after war..