25 July 1962 · Over the wall · Treptow and Neukölln
One of three gets through at Karpfenteichstraße
According to a man who reached West Berlin in the early hours of 25 July 1962, he and two others had been spotted and fired on by border guards near Karpfenteichstraße in Treptow; the other two, one of them wounded, were arrested.
Early on 25 July 1962 a man reported to the West Berlin police. He said that at about 2.50, near Karpfenteichstraße in Treptow, he and two other people had been spotted by border guards while escaping and fired on, and that he had got across.
According to his account the guards fired about 15 shots and arrested the other two, one of whom had been wounded.
Sources
Whose account is this? Told from a Western official record only.
Western official records
- Report of the West Berlin Schutzpolizei for July 1962Chronik der Mauer (document: Polizeihistorische Sammlung des Polizeipräsidenten in Berlin)
Facts checked against the sources: September 2026
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