6 January 1962 · Over the wall · Rudow, Altglienicke and the Teltow Canal
A man is caught ten metres short of the wire east of Timmendorfer Weg
At 01.45 on 6 January 1962 a man of about 30 to 35 tried to escape from the Soviet sector east of Timmendorfer Weg in Rudow. Five border guards who noticed him fired submachine-gun bursts at him, and border guards arrested him about 10 m before the barbed wire.
At 01.45 on 6 January 1962 a man aged about 30 to 35 tried to escape from the Soviet sector of Berlin east of Timmendorfer Weg in Rudow. Five border guards noticed him and fired bursts from their submachine guns at him.
The West Berlin police could not tell whether he was hit. About 10 metres before the barbed wire border guards arrested him and led him away southwards.
Sources
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Historians and memorials
- Tätigkeitsbericht der West-Berliner Schutzpolizei für den Monat Januar 1962 [Auszug]Chronik der Mauer (document: Polizeihistorische Sammlung des Polizeipräsidenten in Berlin)
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