Victims of the Wall

Image credits

Every photograph on this site comes from Wikimedia Commons and is used under a free licence (public domain, CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA). Each is credited below with its photographer and licence, and links to its page on Commons, where the full licence terms and original files can be found.

Many of the portraits of the victims that appear in books and on other memorial websites belong to families, archives or press agencies and cannot be reused freely. Where no freely licensed image of a person or their memorial exists, the site shows their name only.

Illustrations

  • The Window of Remembrance at the Berlin Wall Memorial, Bernauer Straße, Berlin, 2011 Inhiber, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • The preserved border strip at the Berlin Wall Memorial site, Bernauer Straße, seen from above, 2015 MB-one, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
  • Construction of the Wall in Berlin, August 1961: concrete blocks are set up with a crane behind barbed wire (Bundesarchiv, Bild 173-1321, photo: Helmut J. Wolf) Bundesarchiv, Bild 173-1321 / Helmut J. Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE, source
  • The border strip in East Berlin seen from the Axel Springer building, August 1984 George Garrigues (BeenAroundAWhile at en.wikipedia), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • The White Crosses memorial on the bank of the Spree in front of the Marie-Elisabeth-Lüders-Haus, Berlin, 2016 Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
  • The Berlin Wall Memorial on Bernauer Straße, Berlin, seen from above, 2013 Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
  • Portraits in the Window of Remembrance at the Berlin Wall Memorial, 2013 Adam Jones, Ph.D., CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Rusted steel rods at the Berlin Wall Memorial, Bernauer Straße, 2020 Chris Alban Hansen, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
  • Portraits of people who died at the Berlin Wall in the Window of Remembrance at the Berlin Wall Memorial, 2012 Karen Mardahl, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
  • Memorial for Ida Siekmann on Bernauer Straße, Berlin, 2022 Singlespeedfahrer, CC0, source
  • Memorial column for Chris Gueffroy on the Britzer Verbindungskanal (called the Britzer Zweigkanal until 1994) in Berlin-Baumschulenweg, 2016 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Glass memorial panel on the May-Ayim-Ufer in Berlin-Kreuzberg listing people who died at the Wall, among them the children Andreas Senk, Cengaver Katrancı, Siegfried Kroboth, Giuseppe Savoca and Çetin Mert, 2012 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Former GDR border watchtower of type BT-6 on Erna-Berger-Straße, Berlin-Mitte, 2020 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Former Berlin Wall watchtower on Kieler Straße, Berlin-Mitte, 2012 Sarah Stierch, CC BY 4.0, source
  • The criminal court building on Turmstraße in Berlin-Moabit, 2014 A.Savin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • White crosses at the corner of Ebertstraße and Scheidemannstraße in Berlin-Mitte, the former temporary site of the White Crosses memorial, 2018. Most bear the name of someone who died at the Wall; one is dedicated to the heroes of 17 June 1953. Paul Korecky, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
  • Peter Fechter memorial column on Zimmerstrasse near Checkpoint Charlie, photographed on 19 June 2005 Jens Lordan, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Memorial stone "Den Opfern der Mauer" at Bernauer Strasse 69-70, Berlin-Gesundbrunnen, listing Olga Segler OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Memorial column for Rainer Liebeke on Kladower Straße in Sacrow, Potsdam OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Berlin Experiences network banner

  • Where Is The Wall: The Wall Project, Wende Museum, Los Angeles Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain, source
  • Berlin Wall Escapes: the Wall at Kopenhagener Straße, Wilhelmsruh, from the air AlliiertenMuseum / U.S. Army Photograph, CC0, source
  • Victims of the Wall: memorial for Ida Siekmann, Bernauer Straße Singlespeedfahrer, CC0, source
  • Berlin Is Closed: Westendbrücke deconstruction works, 2025 Leonhard Lenz, CC0, source

Images of the victims and their memorials

Ida Siekmann

  • Portrait of Ida Siekmann in the Window of Remembrance at the Berlin Wall Memorial on Bernauer Strasse Brewer Bob, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Memorial plaque for Ida Siekmann on Bernauer Strasse, dedicated to "the victim of the wall of shame" Katzenmeier, Public domain, source
  • Information stele at the memorial for Ida Siekmann on Bernauer Strasse Singlespeedfahrer, CC0, source
  • Grave of Ida Siekmann at the Urnenfriedhof Seestrasse, Berlin Brewer Bob, CC BY-SA 4.0, source

Günter Litfin

  • Portrait of Günter Litfin, photographed from an information board at the former Wall on the Humboldthafen Ralf Roletschek (talk) - Fahrradtechnik auf fahrradmonteur.de, Public domain, source
  • Memorial stone for Günter Litfin at Alexanderufer 7 on the Humboldthafen, Berlin-Mitte OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Günter Litfin Memorial in the former watchtower at Kieler Strasse 2, Berlin-Mitte Neuköllner, CC BY 4.0, source
  • Plaque "Gedenkstätte Günter Litfin" at the former watchtower on Kieler Strasse André Karwath aka Aka, CC BY-SA 2.5, source

Roland Hoff

  • Memorial stele for Roland Hoff on Lichterfelder Allee, Teltow OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Memorial plaque at the Knesebeckbrücke, Berlin-Zehlendorf, for a German shot here on 29 August 1961 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Information stele at Lichterfelder Allee, Teltow, with an aerial photograph marking Roland Hoff's escape route and place of death in the Teltow Canal OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Rudolf Urban

  • Memorial plaque for Rudolf Urban at Bernauer Strasse 2, Berlin-Mitte OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Rudolf Urban memorial stele at Bernauer Strasse 1, showing the memorial sign for him in June 1962 (photo: Polizeihistorische Sammlung Berlin) Brewer Bob, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
  • Bernauer Strasse 1 with the memorial for Rudolf Urban, photographed on 19 August 1963 Roger Wollstadt, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
  • Grave of Rudolf Urban, Dorotheenstädtischer Friedhof II, Liesenstrasse 9, Berlin Brewer Bob, CC BY-SA 4.0, source

Olga Segler

  • Memorial plaque for Olga Segler on Bernauer Strasse (reproduced 2006) Katzenmeier, Public domain, source
  • Memorial stele for Olga Segler in front of where her home stood at Bernauer Strasse 34 Brewer Bob, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
  • Grave and memorial stone for Olga Segler at the Friedhof Reinickendorf Mutter Erde, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
  • Memorial stone "Den Opfern der Mauer" at Bernauer Strasse 69-70, Berlin-Gesundbrunnen, listing Olga Segler OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Bernd Lünser

  • Portrait of Bernd Lünser in the Window of Remembrance, Bernauer Strasse Brewer Bob, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
  • Memorial plaque for Bernd Lünser at Bernauer Strasse 44, Berlin-Mitte OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Memorial stele for Bernd Lünser, Bernauer Strasse 44 Brewer Bob, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
  • Grave of Bernd Lünser, Friedhof Steglitz Georg Longino, CC BY-SA 4.0, source

Udo Düllick

  • Memorial plaque for Udo Düllick on the May-Ayim-Ufer, Berlin-Kreuzberg OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Memorial panel for Berlin Wall victims on the May-Ayim-Ufer, Kreuzberg, listing Udo Düllick OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Grave of Udo Düllick, Friedhof IV der Gemeinde Jerusalems- und Neue Kirche Georg Longino, CC BY-SA 4.0, source

Werner Probst

  • Memorial panel for Berlin Wall victims on the May-Ayim-Ufer, Kreuzberg, listing Werner Probst OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Lothar Lehmann

  • Memorial plaque on Stubenrauchstraße in Babelsberg remembering the victims of the SED dictatorship who lost their lives on this section of the GDR border; the second entry is Lothar Lehmann, aged 19, 26 November 1961, Havel near Sacrow. Photographed in 2020. OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Dieter Wohlfahrt

  • Portrait of Dieter Wohlfahrt on an information column at Finkenkruger Weg, Berlin-Staaken (original photo: BStU) Assenmacher, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Wooden memorial cross for Dieter Wohlfahrt at the corner of Hauptstrasse and Bergstrasse, Berlin-Spandau Assenmacher, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Memorial plaque for Dieter Wohlfahrt, Bergstrasse 38, Berlin-Staaken OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Ingo Krüger

  • Memorial cross for Ingo Krüger among the White Crosses on Ebertstraße, photographed in April 2016 Luis Alvaz, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
  • Memorial cross for Ingo Krüger among the White Crosses on Ebertstraße, between the crosses for the dead of 17 June 1953 and Dieter Wohlfahrt on one side and Philipp Held on the other, photographed on 9 November 2024 C.Suthorn / cc-by-sa-4.0 / commons.wikimedia.org, CC BY-SA 4.0, source

Georg Feldhahn

  • Portrait of Georg Feldhahn on the memorial stele near the Massantebrücke, Berlin-Baumschulenweg (original photo: Polizeihistorische Sammlung, Berlin) Assenmacher, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Memorial stele for Georg Feldhahn at the Massantebrücke, Berlin-Johannisthal OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Memorial steles for Georg Feldhahn and Siegfried Widera at the Massantebrücke OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Dorit Schmiel

  • Portrait of Dorit Schmiel in the Window of Remembrance, Bernauer Strasse Brewer Bob, CC BY-SA 4.0, source

Heinz Jercha

  • Memorial plaque for Heinz Jercha at Heidelberger Strasse 35, Berlin-Neukölln OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Memorial panels at Kiefholzstrasse 79, Berlin-Plänterwald, for Heinz Jercha and other victims OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Philipp Held

  • Memorial panel for Berlin Wall victims on the May-Ayim-Ufer, Kreuzberg, listing Philipp Held OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Jörgen Schmidtchen

  • Memorial stele for Jörgen Schmidtchen with his portrait (photo: Polizeihistorische Sammlung, Berlin), Stubenrauchstrasse 35, Babelsberg OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Memorial for Peter Böhme, Jörgen Schmidtchen and Willi Marzahn, Stubenrauchstrasse 35, Babelsberg OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Klaus Brueske

  • Grave and memorial stone for Klaus Brueske at the Friedhof Reinickendorf Mutter Erde, CC BY-SA 4.0, source

Peter Böhme

  • Memorial stele for Peter Böhme, Stubenrauchstrasse 35, Babelsberg OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Memorial for Peter Böhme, Jörgen Schmidtchen and Willi Marzahn, Stubenrauchstrasse 35, Babelsberg OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Horst Frank

  • Memorial cross for Horst Frank on Klemkestrasse, Berlin-Reinickendorf Assenmacher, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Memorial plaque for Horst Frank on Klemkestrasse, Berlin-Reinickendorf OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Memorial panel on Klemkestrasse for Horst Frank, Wernhard Mispelhorn, Horst Einsiedel and Silvio Proksch OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Peter Göring

  • Grave of the border soldier Peter Göring in Glashütte (Saxony), photographed in October 2024 ErichanderElbe, CC BY-SA 4.0, source

Lutz Haberlandt

  • Memorial cross for Lutz Haberlandt (second from left) among the White Crosses on Ebertstraße, photographed on 9 November 2024 C.Suthorn / cc-by-sa-4.0 / commons.wikimedia.org, CC BY-SA 4.0, source

Axel Hannemann

  • White crosses in memory of Berlin Wall victims by the Reichstag building, January 1974; the cross for Axel Hannemann is at the left edge Andreas Schwarzkopf, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Erna Kelm

  • Portrait of Erna Kelm in the Window of Remembrance, Bernauer Strasse Brewer Bob, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Wolfgang Glöde

  • Memorial panel at Kiefholzstrasse 100, Berlin-Plänterwald, for Wolfgang Glöde, Jörg Hartmann and Christian-Peter Friese OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Reinhold Huhn

  • Plaque "Fluchttunnel" at Zimmerstrasse 54, Berlin-Mitte, naming the border soldier Reinhold Paul Huhn OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Memorial panel for Reinhold Huhn at Zimmerstrasse 32, Berlin-Kreuzberg OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Siegfried Noffke

  • Portrait of Siegfried Noffke in the Window of Remembrance, Bernauer Strasse Brewer Bob, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
  • Information board "Der verratene Fluchttunnel in der Sebastianstraße – 28. Juni 1962", Sebastianstrasse 82, Berlin-Kreuzberg OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Peter Fechter

  • Peter Fechter memorial column on Zimmerstrasse near Checkpoint Charlie, photographed on 19 June 2005 Jens Lordan, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Berlin memorial plaque for Peter Fechter at Behaimstrasse 11, Berlin-Weißensee, the house where he lived OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Cross for Peter Fechter from 1962 at the Berlin Wall, photographed on 1 December 1989 Aad van der Drift, CC BY 2.0, source
  • Gravestone of Peter Fechter ("Allen unvergessen") at the Auferstehungsfriedhof, Berlin-Weißensee Mutter Erde, CC BY-SA 4.0, source

Hans-Dieter Wesa

  • Memorial stone "Den Opfern der Mauer" at Bernauer Strasse 69-70, Berlin-Gesundbrunnen, listing Hans-Dieter Wesa OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Ernst Mundt

  • Portrait of Ernst Mundt in the Window of Remembrance, Bernauer Strasse Brewer Bob, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
  • Memorial cross for Ernst Mundt at a wall, from a private photograph Henning1951, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
  • Memorial stone "Den Opfern der Mauer" at Bernauer Strasse 69-70, listing Ernst Mundt OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Günter Seling

  • Portrait of Günter Seling on his memorial stele on the Berlin Wall Trail north of Lichterfelder Allee (the stele credits the 1962 photo to private ownership) Assenmacher, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Memorial stele for Günter Seling on Lichterfelder Allee, Teltow OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Information stele at Lichterfelder Allee, Teltow, for Günter Seling and Roland Hoff, with an aerial photograph of the border area; the panel notes that the exact spot where Günter Seling was shot is not known OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Anton Walzer

  • Memorial panel for the victims of the Berlin Wall on the May-Ayim-Ufer in Berlin-Kreuzberg, listing Anton Walzer among others, photographed in 2012 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Horst Plischke

  • Memorial for Horst Plischke and Herbert Mende on Berliner Straße 86 in Potsdam, photographed in 2020 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Memorial panel for Horst Plischke on Berliner Straße 86 in Potsdam, photographed in 2020 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Panel with a 1989 aerial photograph of the Glienicke Bridge area, marking the site where Horst Plischke's body was found OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Otfried Reck

  • Memorial panel for Otfried Reck on Bernauer Straße in Berlin-Mitte, photographed in 2019; the panel spells his name 'Ottfried' OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Memorial stone 'Den Opfern der Mauer' at Bernauer Straße 69–70 in Berlin-Gesundbrunnen, listing Otfried Reck among others, photographed in 2012 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Günter Wiedenhöft

  • Memorial panel for Günter Wiedenhöft on Lankestraße 2 in Klein Glienicke, with his photograph, photographed in 2023 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Memorial for five victims of the Berlin Wall, including Günter Wiedenhöft, on Lankestraße 2 in Klein Glienicke, photographed in 2023 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Panel with a 1989 aerial photograph marking where the bodies of Günter Wiedenhöft and others were found, Lankestraße, Klein Glienicke OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Hans Räwel

  • White crosses for victims of the Berlin Wall on the bank of the Spree, with the Marie-Elisabeth-Lüders-Haus behind; one cross bears the name Hans Räwel. Photographed in 2009 Beek100, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Memorial panel for the victims of the Berlin Wall on the May-Ayim-Ufer in Berlin-Kreuzberg, listing Hans Räwel among others, photographed in 2012 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Horst Kutscher

  • Horst Kutscher; photograph from his memorial panel on the Berliner Mauerweg in Berlin-Altglienicke (date of the original photograph unknown) OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Memorial panel for Horst Kutscher on the Berliner Mauerweg in Berlin-Altglienicke, photographed in 2019 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Memorial for Horst Kutscher and Johannes Sprenger on the Berliner Mauerweg in Berlin-Altglienicke, photographed in 2019 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Peter Kreitlow

  • Peter Kreitlow; photograph on a 'Chronik der Mauer' information stele on the Berlin–Brandenburg border (photographed in 2013) Assenmacher, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Memorial steles for Peter Kreitlow and Franciszek Piesik on the Havel in Hennigsdorf, photographed in 2013 Christian Gering, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Map panel of the Kreitlow–Piesik memorial in Hennigsdorf, marking Peter Kreitlow's escape route and place of death Christian Gering, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Wolf-Olaf Muszynski

  • Memorial panel for the victims of the Berlin Wall on the May-Ayim-Ufer in Berlin-Kreuzberg, listing Wolf-Olaf Muszynski among others, photographed in 2012 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Peter Mädler

  • Memorial for Peter Mädler and Karl-Heinz Kube on Zehlendorfer Straße in Teltow, with flowers laid at its foot, photographed in 2017 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Memorial panel for Peter Mädler on Zehlendorfer Straße in Teltow, photographed in 2017 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Memorial to the victims of German division at Berlepschstraße / Karl-Marx-Straße on the Zehlendorf–Kleinmachnow border, whose plaque names Peter Mädler first, photographed in 2019 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Siegfried Widera

  • Siegfried Widera in uniform; photograph on his memorial stele near the Massantebrücke in Berlin-Baumschulenweg (date of the original photograph unknown) Assenmacher, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Memorial panel for Siegfried Widera at the Massantebrücke in Berlin-Johannisthal, photographed in 2019 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Memorial steles for Georg Feldhahn and Siegfried Widera at the Massantebrücke in Berlin-Johannisthal, photographed in 2019 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Map panel at the Massantebrücke marking the site where Siegfried Widera was knocked down, Berlin-Johannisthal OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Klaus Schröter

  • The 'White Crosses' memorial for victims of the Berlin Wall, with a cross for Klaus Schröter bearing his photograph and dates OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • White crosses for victims of the Berlin Wall at the Reichstagsufer in Berlin-Tiergarten, including one for Klaus Schröter, photographed in 2009 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Dietmar Schulz

  • Memorial stone 'Den Opfern der Mauer' at Bernauer Straße 69–70 in Berlin-Gesundbrunnen, listing Dietmar Schulz among others, photographed in 2012 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Dieter Berger

  • Dieter Berger, around 1960; photograph on his memorial stele on the Ernst-Ruska-Ufer in Berlin-Adlershof Assenmacher, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Wooden memorial cross for Dieter Berger and Lutz Schmidt at Neudecker Weg 7 in Berlin-Rudow, photographed in 2024 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Memorial steles for Max Sahmland, Michael Kollender and Dieter Berger on the Ernst-Ruska-Ufer in Berlin-Adlershof, photographed in 2013 Assenmacher, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Map panel in Berlin-Adlershof marking the escape routes and places of death of Dieter Berger, Michael Kollender and Max Sahmland OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Walter Hayn

  • Memorial panels for Heinz Jercha, Walter Hayn, Erich Kühn, Gerald Thiem, René Gross and Manfred Mäder on Kiefholzstraße 79 in Berlin-Plänterwald, photographed in 2011 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Adolf Philipp

  • Adolf Philipp; privately owned photograph reproduced on an information column in Berlin-Staaken Assenmacher, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Wooden cross for Adolf Philipp in the Spandauer Forst, photographed in 2017 Membeth, CC0, source
  • Memorial column for Adolf Philipp in the Staatsforst Falkenhagen near Falkensee, photographed in 2017 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Map panel in the Staatsforst Falkenhagen marking Adolf Philipp's place of death OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Walter Heike

  • Remains of the East German border fortifications at the Invaliden Cemetery in Berlin, photographed in 2008. Walter Heike was shot on the cemetery grounds on 22 June 1964. Beek100, Public domain, source

Norbert Wolscht

  • Memorial panel for Norbert Wolscht on Lankestraße 2 in Klein Glienicke, with his photograph, photographed in 2023 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Memorial for five victims of the Berlin Wall, including Norbert Wolscht, on Lankestraße 2 in Klein Glienicke, photographed in 2023 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Panel with a 1989 aerial photograph marking where the bodies of Norbert Wolscht and others were found, Lankestraße, Klein Glienicke OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Rainer Gneiser

  • Memorial panel for Rainer Gneiser on Lankestraße 2 in Klein Glienicke, photographed in 2023 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Memorial for five victims of the Berlin Wall, including Rainer Gneiser, on Lankestraße 2 in Klein Glienicke, photographed in 2023 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Panel with a 1989 aerial photograph marking where the bodies of Rainer Gneiser and others were found, Lankestraße, Klein Glienicke OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Hildegard Trabant

  • Hildegard Trabant; her photograph in the Window of Remembrance at the Berlin Wall Memorial on Bernauer Straße Brewer Bob, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • The 'White Crosses' memorial for victims of the Berlin Wall, with a cross for Hildegard Trabant bearing her photograph and dates OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Hildegard Trabant's grave at the Friedhof Nordend in Berlin-Rosenthal, photographed in 2014 Soerfm (Wikimedia Commons user), Public domain, source

Wernhard Mispelhorn

  • Wernhard Mispelhorn; his photograph in the Window of Remembrance at the Berlin Wall Memorial on Bernauer Straße Brewer Bob, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
  • Memorial panel on Klemkestraße in Berlin-Reinickendorf for Horst Frank, Wernhard Mispelhorn, Horst Einsiedel and Silvio Proksch, photographed in 2016 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Second memorial panel on Klemkestraße in Berlin-Reinickendorf, whose text tells of Wernhard Mispelhorn and three other victims, photographed in 2016 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Egon Schultz

  • Egon Schultz in uniform; portrait photograph from the German Federal Archives (Bundesarchiv) Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-C1005-0010-001 / Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE, source
  • Memorial plaque for Egon Schultz at Strelitzer Straße 55 in Berlin-Mitte, where Tunnel 57 ended, photographed in 2010 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • The grave of Egon Schultz at the Neuer Friedhof in Rostock, photographed in 2018 Brewer Bob, CC BY-SA 4.0, source

Hans-Joachim Wolf

  • Memorial panel on Chris-Gueffroy-Allee in Berlin-Baumschulenweg for Hans-Joachim Wolf, Werner Kühl and Chris Gueffroy, photographed in 2014 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Second memorial panel on Chris-Gueffroy-Allee in Berlin-Baumschulenweg, whose text tells of Hans-Joachim Wolf, Werner Kühl and Chris Gueffroy, photographed in 2014 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Joachim Mehr

  • Memorial stele for Joachim Mehr on the Berlin Wall Trail near Frohnau, photographed in 2014 Josef Papi, CC BY-SA 4.0, source

Unidentified fugitive

  • Memorial panel for the victims of the Berlin Wall on the May-Ayim-Ufer in Berlin-Kreuzberg, listing an unknown fugitive who died on 19 January 1965 near the Brommybrücke, photographed in 2012 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Christian Buttkus

  • Memorial panel for Christian Buttkus on the Stahnsdorfer Damm, photographed in 2013 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Memorial column for Christian Buttkus near Kleinmachnow, photographed in 2012 Anszu, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Memorial to the victims of German division at Berlepschstraße / Karl-Marx-Straße on the Zehlendorf–Kleinmachnow border, whose plaque names Christian Buttkus, photographed in 2019 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Map panel on the Stahnsdorfer Damm marking Christian Buttkus's escape route and place of death OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Ulrich Krzemien

  • Memorial panel for the victims of the Berlin Wall on the May-Ayim-Ufer in Berlin-Kreuzberg, listing Ulrich Krzemien among others, photographed in 2012 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Peter Hauptmann

  • Peter Hauptmann; privately owned photograph (date unknown) reproduced on his memorial on the Berlin Wall Trail Assenmacher, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Memorial column for Peter Hauptmann on Bernhard-Beyer-Straße in Berlin-Wannsee, photographed in 2020 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Memorial panel for Peter Hauptmann on Bernhard-Beyer-Straße in Berlin-Wannsee, with his photograph, photographed in 2020 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Hermann Döbler

  • Memorial panel for Hermann Döbler at the Teltowkanalbrücke near Kleinmachnow, with his photograph, photographed in 2023 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Memorial column for Hermann Döbler near Kleinmachnow, photographed in 2012 Anszu, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Map panel at the Teltowkanalbrücke marking the boat route and place of death of Hermann Döbler OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Klaus Garten

  • Memorial column for Klaus Garten on Paul-Gerhardt-Straße in Teltow, photographed in 2017 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Memorial panel for Klaus Garten in Teltow with his biography in German and English, photographed in 2017 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Panel on the Klaus Garten memorial column in Teltow with a 1989 aerial photograph marking his escape route and the site of the shooting, photographed in 2017 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Walter Kittel

  • Memorial panel for Walter Kittel at Berlepschstraße/Karl-Marx-Straße on the Berlin–Kleinmachnow boundary, with his portrait (photo: private ownership) and biography, photographed in 2019 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Memorial column and panel for Walter Kittel at Berlepschstraße/Karl-Marx-Straße, Kleinmachnow, photographed in 2019 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Memorial stone for the victims of the division of Germany and a steel plaque in memory of the victims of the Berlin Wall in Kleinmachnow, which names Walter Kittel, photographed in 2019 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Panel on the Walter Kittel memorial column with a 1989 aerial photograph marking his escape route and place of death, photographed in 2019 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Heinz Cyrus

  • Memorial panel for Heinz Cyrus at Gartenstraße 85 in Berlin-Mitte, photographed in 2024 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Heinz Sokolowski

  • Memorial cross for Heinz Sokolowski on Ebertstraße in Berlin-Tiergarten, photographed in 2012 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • The memorial cross for Heinz Sokolowski at the corner of Ebertstraße and Scheidemannstraße, photographed in 1988 FOTO:FORTEPAN / Urbán Tamás, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • The large cross for Heinz Sokolowski among the white memorial crosses on Ebertstraße, photographed in 2008 Beek100, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Erich Kühn

  • Memorial at Kiefholzstraße 79 in Berlin-Plänterwald for Heinz Jercha, Walter Hayn, Erich Kühn, Gerald Thiem, René Gross and Manfred Mäder, photographed in 2011 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Heinz Schöneberger

  • The Heinrich-Heine-Straße border crossing, where Heinz Schöneberger was shot on 26 December 1965; photographed on 3 August 1987. Roehrensee, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • The Heinrich-Heine-Straße border crossing on 6 June 1965, the year Heinz Schöneberger was shot there (photo: Willy Pragher). Willy Pragher, CC BY 3.0, source

Dieter Brandes

  • Memorial panel for Dieter Brandes at Gartenstraße, corner of Julie-Wolfthorn-Straße, in Berlin-Mitte, photographed in 2022 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Reverse side of the memorial panel for Dieter Brandes on Gartenstraße, with the English text, photographed in 2022 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Willi Block

  • Willi Block, photographed from an information column in Berlin-Staaken (photo: ullstein bild) Assenmacher, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Memorial cross for Willi Block on Finkenkruger Weg in Berlin-Staaken, photographed in 2009 Pemba.mpimaji, Public domain, source
  • The memorial cross for Willi Block in Staaken, set between conifers, photographed in 2009 Pemba.mpimaji, Public domain, source

Jörg Hartmann

  • Memorial for Jörg Hartmann and Lothar Schleusener by Rüdiger Roehl and Jan Skuin (1999), Kiefholzstraße 333, Berlin-Plänterwald, photographed in 2011 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Inscription on the memorial at Kiefholzstraße 333: fifteen people died at the Wall in Treptow, among them two children, Jörg Hartmann, aged 10, and Lothar Schleusener, aged 13, shot on 14 March 1966 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Glass memorial panel at Kiefholzstraße 100 for Wolfgang Glöde, Jörg Hartmann and Christian-Peter Friese, photographed in 2014 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Lothar Schleusener

  • Memorial for Jörg Hartmann and Lothar Schleusener by Rüdiger Roehl and Jan Skuin (1999), Kiefholzstraße 333, Berlin-Plänterwald, photographed in 2011 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Inscription on the memorial at Kiefholzstraße 333: fifteen people died at the Wall in Treptow, among them two children, Jörg Hartmann, aged 10, and Lothar Schleusener, aged 13, shot on 14 March 1966 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Glass memorial panel at Kiefholzstraße 100, which includes a childhood photograph of Lothar Schleusener, photographed in 2014 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Willi Marzahn

  • Memorial panel for Willi Marzahn on Stubenrauchstraße in Babelsberg, with his portrait (photo: Super Illu, May 1991) and biography, photographed in 2020 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Memorial cross for Willi Marzahn at Königsweg 326 in Berlin-Wannsee, photographed in 2010 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Memorial site on Stubenrauchstraße in Babelsberg for Peter Böhme, Jörgen Schmidtchen and Willi Marzahn, photographed in 2020 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Panel at the Babelsberg memorial with a 1989 aerial photograph marking the escape routes and places of death of Peter Böhme, Willi Marzahn and Jörgen Schmidtchen, and his memorial cross OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Eberhard Schulz

  • Memorial panel for Eberhard Schulz on Kölner Damm in Großziethen, with his portrait (photo: BStU) and biography, photographed in 2017 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Memorial column and panel for Eberhard Schulz on Kölner Damm, Großziethen, photographed in 2017 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Panel on the Eberhard Schulz memorial column with a 1989 aerial photograph marking his escape route and place of death OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Michael Kollender

  • Michael Kollender in 1965 (photo: private ownership), photographed from his memorial stele at Ernst-Ruska-Ufer in Berlin-Adlershof Assenmacher, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Memorial column and steles for Max Sahmland, Michael Kollender and Dieter Berger at Ernst-Ruska-Ufer in Berlin-Adlershof, photographed in 2013 Assenmacher, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Panel at the Adlershof memorial with a 1989 aerial photograph marking the escape routes and places of death of Dieter Berger, Michael Kollender and Max Sahmland, photographed in 2019 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Paul Stretz

  • The Berlin-Spandau Shipping Canal at the Invaliden Cemetery, looking south, 2006. Paul Stretz was shot in the canal near the cemetery on 29 April 1966. Lienhard Schulz, CC BY 2.5, source

Eduard Wroblewski

  • Eduard Wroblewski in May 1956 (photo: private ownership), photographed from his memorial stele on the Berlin Wall Trail in Blankenfelde-Mahlow Assenmacher, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
  • Memorial column for Eduard Wroblewski on the Berlin Wall Trail in Blankenfelde-Mahlow, photographed in 2019 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Panel at the Eduard Wroblewski memorial with a 1989 aerial photograph marking his escape route and place of death OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Andreas Senk

  • Memorial panel on the May-Ayim-Ufer in Berlin-Kreuzberg with the names, dates and photographs of victims of the Berlin Wall, including Andreas Senk, photographed in 2012 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Karl-Heinz Kube

  • Karl-Heinz Kube (photo: private ownership), photographed from a memorial column on the Berlin Wall Trail near Kleinmachnow Assenmacher, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Memorial cross for Karl-Heinz Kube on Berlepschstraße in Berlin-Zehlendorf, photographed in 2010 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Panel at Zehlendorfer Straße in Teltow with a 1989 aerial photograph marking Karl-Heinz Kube's escape route and place of death and Peter Mädler's place of death, photographed in 2017 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Memorial stone for the victims of the division of Germany and a steel plaque in memory of the victims of the Berlin Wall in Kleinmachnow, which names Karl-Heinz Kube, photographed in 2019 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Max Sahmland

  • Max Sahmland on 1 January 1967 (photo: ullstein bild), photographed from his memorial stele at Ernst-Ruska-Ufer in Berlin-Adlershof Assenmacher, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Memorial column and steles for Max Sahmland, Michael Kollender and Dieter Berger at Ernst-Ruska-Ufer in Berlin-Adlershof, photographed in 2013 Assenmacher, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Panel at the Adlershof memorial with a 1989 aerial photograph marking the escape routes and places of death of Dieter Berger, Michael Kollender and Max Sahmland, photographed in 2019 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Franciszek Piesik

  • Franciszek Piesik (photo: Polizeihistorische Sammlung, Berlin), photographed from a "Chronik der Mauer" information stele on the Havel in Hennigsdorf Assenmacher, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Memorial panel for Franciszek Piesik on the Havel in Hennigsdorf, photographed in 2013 Christian Gering, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Memorial columns for Peter Kreitlow and Franciszek Piesik on the Havel in Hennigsdorf, photographed in 2013 Christian Gering, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Panel at the Hennigsdorf memorial with a 1989 aerial photograph marking where Franciszek Piesik's body was found and Peter Kreitlow's escape route and place of death Christian Gering, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Elke Weckeiser

  • Elke Weckeiser, photographed in the "Window of Remembrance" at the Berlin Wall Memorial on Bernauer Straße in 2013 Brewer Bob, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
  • White memorial crosses for victims of the Berlin Wall on Friedrich-Ebert-Platz in Berlin, including those for Elke and Dieter Weckeiser, photographed in 2022 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Dieter Weckeiser

  • White memorial crosses for victims of the Berlin Wall on Friedrich-Ebert-Platz in Berlin, including those for Dieter and Elke Weckeiser, photographed in 2022 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Herbert Mende

  • Memorial panel for Herbert Mende at Berliner Straße 86 in Potsdam, near the Glienicke Bridge, with his portrait (around 1950, photo: private ownership) and biography, photographed in 2020 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Memorial site for Horst Plischke and Herbert Mende at Berliner Straße 86 in Potsdam, photographed in 2020 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Panel at the Potsdam memorial with a 1989 aerial photograph of the Glienicke Bridge marking Herbert Mende's route and the site of the shooting OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Bernd Lehmann

  • Memorial panel on the May-Ayim-Ufer in Berlin-Kreuzberg with the names, dates and photographs of victims of the Berlin Wall, including Bernd Lehmann, photographed in 2012 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Siegfried Krug

  • Pariser Platz and the Brandenburg Gate in January 1974. Siegfried Krug was shot on Pariser Platz in front of the Gate on 6 July 1968. Andreas Schwarzkopf, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Horst Körner

  • Memorial panel for Horst Körner at Lankestraße 2 in Klein Glienicke, with his portrait and biography, photographed in 2023 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Memorial site at Lankestraße 2 in Klein Glienicke for Rainer Gneiser, Rolf Henniger, Horst Körner, Günter Wiedenhöft and Norbert Wolscht, photographed in 2023 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Panel at the Klein Glienicke memorial with a 1989 aerial photograph marking where Rolf Henniger and Horst Körner died and where the bodies of three other victims were found OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Rolf Henniger

  • Rolf Henniger in uniform. Photograph from the GDR news agency Zentralbild, dated 21 November 1968 (German Federal Archive, Bild 183-G1121-0028-001) Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-G1121-0028-001 / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, source
  • Memorial panel for Rolf Henniger at Lankestraße 2 in Klein Glienicke, with his portrait (photo: Polizeihistorische Sammlung, Berlin) and biography, photographed in 2023 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Memorial site at Lankestraße 2 in Klein Glienicke for Rainer Gneiser, Rolf Henniger, Horst Körner, Günter Wiedenhöft and Norbert Wolscht, photographed in 2023 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Panel at the Klein Glienicke memorial with a 1989 aerial photograph marking where Rolf Henniger and Horst Körner died OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Christel Wehage

  • Memorial stele for Christel and Eckhard Wehage in the Landschaftspark Rudow-Altglienicke, Berlin, photographed in 2019 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Memorial for Christel and Eckhard Wehage and Lutz Schmidt in the Landschaftspark Rudow-Altglienicke, Berlin, photographed in 2019 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Main entrance of the West Cemetery (Westfriedhof) in Magdeburg, where Christel and Eckhard Wehage are buried Brewer Bob, CC BY-SA 4.0, source

Eckhard Wehage

  • Memorial stele for Christel and Eckhard Wehage in the Landschaftspark Rudow-Altglienicke, Berlin, photographed in 2019 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Memorial for Christel and Eckhard Wehage and Lutz Schmidt in the Landschaftspark Rudow-Altglienicke, Berlin, photographed in 2019 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Main entrance of the West Cemetery (Westfriedhof) in Magdeburg, where Christel and Eckhard Wehage are buried Brewer Bob, CC BY-SA 4.0, source

Heinz Müller

  • Memorial panel on the May-Ayim-Ufer in Berlin-Kreuzberg listing victims of the Berlin Wall, among them Heinz Müller, photographed in 2012 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Willi Born

  • Memorial stele for Willi Born on the Berlin Wall Trail (Mauerweg) in Frohnau, photographed in 2014 Josef Papi, CC BY-SA 4.0, source

Gerald Thiem

  • Memorial for Gerald Thiem and other victims of the Wall at Kiefholzstraße 79 in Berlin-Plänterwald, photographed in 2011 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Letter from the Prosecutor General of the GDR to Gerald Thiem's wife, dated 13 November 1970, stating that her husband was not on GDR territory TobiToaster, Public domain, source

Helmut Kliem

  • Helmut Kliem, date unknown, as reproduced on an information column on the Finkenkruger Weg between Berlin-Staaken and Brandenburg (photo: private ownership) Assenmacher, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Memorial for Helmut Kliem and Klaus Schulze in the Spandauer Forst, Berlin-Hakenfelde, photographed in 2017 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Panel with a 1989 aerial photograph marking the route taken by Helmut Kliem and the site of the shooting, Spandauer Forst memorial OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Christian Peter Friese

  • Memorial panel for Wolfgang Glöde, Jörg Hartmann and Christian-Peter Friese at Kiefholzstraße 100 in Berlin-Plänterwald, photographed in 2014 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Rolf-Dieter Kabelitz

  • Memorial stele for Rolf-Dieter Kabelitz on the Berlin Wall Trail (Mauerweg) in Frohnau, photographed in 2014 Josef Papi, CC BY-SA 4.0, source

Werner Kühl

  • Memorial panel for Hans-Joachim Wolf, Werner Kühl and Chris Gueffroy at Chris-Gueffroy-Allee 20 in Berlin-Baumschulenweg, photographed in 2014 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Other side of the memorial panel at Chris-Gueffroy-Allee 20, with texts on Hans-Joachim Wolf, Werner Kühl and Chris Gueffroy OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Dieter Beilig

  • Several of the White Crosses on Ebertstraße, photographed on 9 November 2024, the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Wall; the cross for Dieter Beilig is second from the right C.Suthorn / cc-by-sa-4.0 / commons.wikimedia.org, CC BY-SA 4.0, source

Horst Kullack

  • Memorial stele for Horst Kullack on the Lichtenrader Chaussee in Großziethen, with his photograph (date unknown, private ownership), photographed in 2017 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Memorial column and stele for Horst Kullack on the Lichtenrader Chaussee in Großziethen, photographed in 2017 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Memorial cross for Horst Kullack at Wittelsbacherstraße 92 in Berlin-Lichtenrade, photographed in 2009 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Manfred Weylandt

  • Memorial panel on the May-Ayim-Ufer in Berlin-Kreuzberg listing victims of the Berlin Wall, among them Manfred Weylandt, photographed in 2012 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Klaus Schulze

  • Klaus Schulze, as reproduced on an information column on the Finkenkruger Weg between Berlin-Staaken and Brandenburg (source: BStU) Assenmacher, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Memorial for Helmut Kliem and Klaus Schulze in the Spandauer Forst, Berlin-Hakenfelde, photographed in 2017 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Panel with a 1989 aerial photograph marking Klaus Schulze's escape route and place of death, Spandauer Forst memorial OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Cengaver Katrancı

  • Memorial panel on the May-Ayim-Ufer in Berlin-Kreuzberg listing victims of the Berlin Wall, among them Cengaver Katrancı, photographed in 2012 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Holger H.

  • Memorial stele for Holger H. at the Stahnsdorfer Damm in Kleinmachnow, with a newspaper photograph of him from around 1972, photographed in 2019 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Memorial column and stele for Holger H. at the Stahnsdorfer Damm in Kleinmachnow, photographed in 2019 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Panel with a 1989 aerial photograph marking Holger H.'s escape route and the place where he was pronounced dead OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Horst Einsiedel

  • Memorial panel for Horst Frank, Wernhard Mispelhorn, Horst Einsiedel and Silvio Proksch on the Klemkestraße in Berlin-Reinickendorf, photographed in 2016 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Other side of the memorial panel on the Klemkestraße, with texts on Horst Frank, Wernhard Mispelhorn, Horst Einsiedel and Silvio Proksch OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Siegfried Kroboth

  • Memorial panel on the May-Ayim-Ufer in Berlin-Kreuzberg listing victims of the Berlin Wall, among them Siegfried Kroboth, photographed in 2012 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Burkhard Niering

  • Cross for Burkhard Niering in the field of black wooden crosses for the victims of the shoot-to-kill order at the Berlin Wall, set up at Checkpoint Charlie; photographed on 28 December 2004. Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Czesław Jan Kukuczka

  • Czesław Jan Kukuczka in the Window of Remembrance at the Berlin Wall Memorial, Bernauer Straße Brewer Bob, CC BY-SA 4.0, source

Johannes Sprenger

  • Memorial stele for Johannes Sprenger on the Berlin Wall Trail (Mauerweg) in Berlin-Altglienicke, with his photograph from 1970 (private ownership), photographed in 2019 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Memorial for Horst Kutscher and Johannes Sprenger on the Berlin Wall Trail in Berlin-Altglienicke, photographed in 2019 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Panel with a 1989 aerial photograph marking Johannes Sprenger's place of death and Horst Kutscher's escape route, Berlin-Altglienicke OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Giuseppe Savoca

  • Glass memorial panel for the victims of the Berlin Wall on the May-Ayim-Ufer in Berlin-Kreuzberg; Giuseppe Savoca is named among them OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Çetin Mert

  • Information plaque at the Çetin-Mert-Park in Berlin-Kreuzberg, "Zum Gedenken an ein Kind aus Kreuzberg" Singlespeedfahrer, CC0, source
  • Glass memorial panel for the victims of the Berlin Wall on the May-Ayim-Ufer in Berlin-Kreuzberg; Çetin Mert is the last name listed OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Protest rally by Turkish-born West Berliners at the Gröbenufer (today May-Ayim-Ufer) after the death of five-year-old Çetin Mert Dieter Kramer, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
  • The Çetin-Mert-Park in Berlin-Kreuzberg, named after him Singlespeedfahrer, CC0, source

Herbert Kiebler

  • Memorial column for Herbert Kiebler on the Berlin Wall Trail (Mauerweg) in Blankenfelde-Mahlow OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Information panel with a portrait of Herbert Kiebler at his memorial on the Mauerweg in Blankenfelde-Mahlow OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Panel on the memorial column with a 1989 aerial photograph marking Herbert Kiebler's escape route and place of death OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Lothar Hennig

  • Memorial column for Lothar Hennig on Kladower Straße in Sacrow, Potsdam OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Information panel with a portrait of Lothar Hennig at his memorial in Sacrow OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Panel with a 1989 aerial photograph marking Lothar Hennig's route and the site where he was shot, in Sacrow OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Dietmar Schwietzer

  • Dietmar Schwietzer, photographed from the portrait on his memorial column at Schönwalde-Glien (cropped from a photo of the column) Violetriga, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Memorial stele for Dietmar Schwietzer at the border between Schönwalde-Glien and Spandau Pemba.mpimaji, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Panel on the memorial column with a 1989 aerial photograph marking the place where Dietmar Schwietzer died OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Vladimir Ivanovich Odintsov

  • Memorial column for Vladimir Odintsov on the Potsdamer Chaussee in Berlin-Wilhelmstadt, photographed in August 2021; the column gives his name as Wladimir Iwanowitsch Odinzow OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Information panel with his story in German and English at the memorial for Vladimir Odintsov on the Potsdamer Chaussee, headed with the name Wladimir Iwanowitsch Odinzow OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Ulrich Steinhauer

  • Portrait of Ulrich Steinhauer in the uniform of the GDR border troops (Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-W1111-033) Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-W1111-033 / Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE, source
  • Memorial column for Ulrich Steinhauer on the Mauerweg at Eiskeller in Berlin-Spandau Christian Gering, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Panel on the memorial column with a 1989 aerial photograph marking the place where Ulrich Steinhauer died, at Eiskeller Christian Gering, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Grave of Ulrich Steinhauer in Ribnitz-Damgarten Matti Blume, CC BY-SA 4.0, source

Marienetta Jirkowsky

  • Portrait of Marienetta Jirkowsky in the Window of Remembrance at the Berlin Wall Memorial, Bernauer Straße Brewer Bob, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Memorial stele for Marienetta Jirkowsky in Hohen Neuendorf in 2018, with a newly added Berlin Wall segment Brewer Bob, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
  • White memorial cross for Marienetta Jirkowsky at the Berlin Wall near the Reichstag, photographed in December 1985 (the cross spells her name "Jirkowski") Dilbert3b, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
  • Family grave of Marienetta Jirkowsky at the cemetery in Spreenhagen Brewer Bob, CC BY-SA 4.0, source

Hans-Jürgen Starrost

  • Hans-Jürgen Starrost, photographed from the portrait on his memorial column on the Berlin Wall Trail (the panel gives the original photo's date as unknown) Assenmacher, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
  • Memorial column for Hans-Jürgen Starrost on the Berlin Wall Trail at Berlin-Lichterfelde Assenmacher, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
  • Panel with a 1989 aerial photograph marking Hans-Jürgen Starrost's escape route and the site where he was shot OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Thomas Taubmann

  • The railway line beside the Berlin Wall, with the Böse Bridge and Bornholmer Straße station, photographed on 8 June 1988. Thomas Taubmann jumped from a freight train beneath the Böse Bridge on 12 December 1981. Roehrensee, CC BY-SA 4.0, source

Lothar Fritz Freie

  • The railway grounds beside the Berlin Wall, looking towards the Böse Bridge and Bornholmer Straße station, photographed on 8 June 1988. On 4 June 1982 Lothar Fritz Freie was shot on these grounds, near the Helmut-Just Bridge, and died of his wounds two days later. Roehrensee, CC BY-SA 4.0, source

Silvio Proksch

  • Glass memorial panel on Klemkestraße in Berlin-Reinickendorf for Horst Frank, Wernhard Mispelhorn, Horst Einsiedel and Silvio Proksch OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Text panel of the memorial on Klemkestraße in Berlin-Reinickendorf, with texts in German, English, French and Russian about the four victims, including Silvio Proksch OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Michael Schmidt

  • Memorial stone "Den Opfern der Mauer" on Bernauer Straße in Berlin-Gesundbrunnen, which lists Michael Schmidt OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Rainer Liebeke

  • Memorial column for Rainer Liebeke on Kladower Straße in Sacrow, Potsdam OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Information panel with a portrait of Rainer Liebeke at his memorial in Sacrow OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Panel on Rainer Liebeke's memorial column with a 1989 aerial photograph marking where his body was found in the Sacrower See OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Manfred Mäder

  • Memorial on Kiefholzstraße in Berlin-Plänterwald for Heinz Jercha, Walter Hayn, Erich Kühn, Gerald Thiem, René Gross and Manfred Mäder OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

René Gross

  • Memorial on Kiefholzstraße in Berlin-Plänterwald for Heinz Jercha, Walter Hayn, Erich Kühn, Gerald Thiem, René Gross and Manfred Mäder OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Michael Bittner

  • Portrait of Michael Bittner in the Window of Remembrance at the Berlin Wall Memorial, Bernauer Straße Ankermast, CC BY-SA 4.0, source

Lutz Schmidt

  • Lutz Schmidt, photographed from the portrait on the memorial column in the Landschaftspark Rudow-Altglienicke (the panel gives the original photo's date as unknown) SCIdude, CC0, source
  • Memorial stele for Christel and Eckhard Wehage and Lutz Schmidt in the Landschaftspark Rudow-Altglienicke SCIdude, CC0, source
  • Memorial plaque on Lutz-Schmidt-Straße in Berlin-Altglienicke OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • White memorial crosses for Lutz Schmidt and Chris Gueffroy at the Berlin Wall, photographed on 28 December 1989 Aad van der Drift, CC BY 2.0, source

Ingolf Diederichs

  • The Bornholmer Straße border crossing at the Böse Bridge on 2 June 1985. Ingolf Diederichs died on 13 January 1989 after jumping from a moving train very close to this crossing. Gerd Danigel, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
  • The railway line beside the Berlin Wall, with the Böse Bridge and Bornholmer Straße station, photographed on 8 June 1988. Roehrensee, CC BY-SA 4.0, source

Chris Gueffroy

  • Portrait of Chris Gueffroy in the Window of Remembrance at the Berlin Wall Memorial, Bernauer Straße Brewer Bob, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • Memorial stele for Chris Gueffroy on the Britzer Verbindungskanal in Berlin-Baumschulenweg, erected in 2003 OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
  • White cross for Chris Gueffroy at the Berlin Wall, photographed on 28 December 1989; the hand-lettered cross misspells his name as "Geoffroy" and gives 6.2.89, but he died on 5 February 1989 Aad van der Drift, CC BY 2.0, source
  • Grave of Chris Gueffroy at the cemetery on Kiefholzstraße in Berlin-Baumschulenweg OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Winfried Freudenberg

  • Portrait of Winfried Freudenberg in the Window of Remembrance at the Berlin Wall Memorial, Bernauer Straße Brewer Bob, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
  • Information panel "Ballonflucht mit tödlichem Ausgang" about Winfried Freudenberg on Erdmann-Graeser-Weg in Berlin-Zehlendorf OTFW, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source