7 February 1962 · Over the wall
Two men cut through the wire in Treptow
At 00.05 on 7 February 1962 two men reached West Berlin after cutting through barbed-wire fences in Treptow. Three submachine-gun bursts fired by the border guards had no effect.
At 00.05 on 7 February 1962 two men reached West Berlin after cutting through barbed-wire fences in Treptow. Border guards fired three submachine-gun bursts, which had no effect. The West Berlin police report gives no names and no street.
Sources
Whose account is this? Told from a Western official record only.
Western official records
- Tätigkeitsbericht der West-Berliner Schutzpolizei für den Monat Februar 1962 [Auszug]Chronik der Mauer (document: Polizeihistorische Sammlung des Polizeipräsidenten in Berlin)
Known from a single report line: the source says no more than this page.
Facts checked against the sources: November 2026
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