Shot twice a few yards from the British sector line at a checkpoint
In early June 1967 East German border police shot and apparently badly wounded a man trying to cross into West Berlin at a checkpoint; he fell a few yards from the line marking the British sector, tried to crawl on, was hit again and was hauled away.
This is a reported escape. It appears in a reputable publication, but its key details could not be checked against a second source. See the note below.
In early June 1967 East German border police shot a man who was trying to cross into West Berlin at a checkpoint in the Wall, and apparently badly wounded him.
He collapsed only a few yards from the yellow-painted line marking East Berlin's border with the British sector. He tried to crawl into West Berlin but was hit by another shot, and East German guards hauled him away.
Sources
Whose account is this? Told from a press report only.
Press
- Berlin Wall Shooting (3 June 1967)Press (Christchurch), via Papers Past (National Library of New Zealand)
Facts checked against the sources: November 2026
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Berlin Experiences, “Shot twice a few yards from the British sector line at a checkpoint”, Berlin Wall Escapes, 2026, https://berlinwallescapes.com/escapes/british-sector-checkpoint-shot-crawling-1967/ (accessed [date]).
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