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The death toll attributable to the flight and expulsions was estimated at 2.2 million by the West German government in 1958 using the population balance method. German records which became public in 1987 have caused some historians in Germany to put the actual total at about 500,000 based on the listing of confirmed deaths.
There were numerous deaths at the Berlin Wall, which stood as a barrier between West Berlin and East Berlin from 13 August 1961 until 9 November 1989. Before the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961, 3.5 million East Germans circumvented Eastern Bloc emigration restrictions , many by crossing over the border from East Berlin into West Berlin.
On 13 October 1961, Westfälische Rundschau journalist Kurt Lichtenstein was shot on the border near the village of Zicherie after he attempted to speak with East German farm workers. His death aroused condemnation across the political spectrum in West Germany; he was a former parliamentary representative of the German Communist Party. [36]
On 15 August 1961, Conrad Schumann was the first East German border guard to escape by jumping the barbed wire to West Berlin. [97] On 22 August 1961, Ida Siekmann was the first casualty at the Berlin Wall: she died after she jumped out of her third floor apartment at 48 Bernauer Strasse. [98]
Drug-related deaths in Germany (2 C, 10 P) P. Deaths by person in Germany (4 C, 21 P) Prisoners who died in German detention (3 C, 104 P) S. Suicides in Germany (10 C ...
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place of death manner of death place of burial Q1245005: Ferenc Rados: 1934-10-26 2025-02-25 Hungarian pianist (1934–2025) pianist university teacher: Hungary: Budapest: Q130539125: Alberto Lina: 1948-04-23 2025-02-25 Filipino businessman and former customs official Q16404281: Krista Aru: 1958-08-01 2025-02-25
Pages in category "1961 deaths" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 4,317 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.