Year by year

From the night of 13 August 1961 to the opening of the border on 9 November 1989.

1. 1961

   220 events: guards who fled, swimming, over the wall, driving through, by boat, hidden in vehicles, by train, false papers and disguises, window jumps, tunnels, aircraft and balloons

2. 1962

   61 events: window jumps, over the wall, tunnels, guards who fled, false papers and disguises, swimming, driving through, by boat, by train, ziplines and cables

3. 1963

   28 events: swimming, over the wall, tunnels, driving through, hidden in vehicles, false papers and disguises, guards who fled

4. 1964

   26 events: hidden in vehicles, by train, tunnels, over the wall, guards who fled, driving through, false papers and disguises, swimming

5. 1965

   23 events: by train, over the wall, hidden in vehicles, window jumps, false papers and disguises, ziplines and cables, swimming, guards who fled

6. 1966

   16 events: over the wall, guards who fled, swimming, driving through

7. 1967

   4 events: by train, swimming, by boat, over the wall

8. 1968

   8 events: over the wall, swimming, guards who fled

9. 1969

   10 events: by train, over the wall, hidden in vehicles, aircraft and balloons

10. 1970

    7 events: aircraft and balloons, over the wall, tunnels, guards who fled, swimming

11. 1971

    14 events: over the wall, tunnels, guards who fled, false papers and disguises, by boat

12. 1972

    11 events: hidden in vehicles, tunnels, swimming, over the wall

13. 1973

    12 events: hidden in vehicles, by train, over the wall, tunnels, false papers and disguises

14. 1974

    7 events: guards who fled, over the wall, false papers and disguises, by train, hidden in vehicles

15. 1975

    9 events: hidden in vehicles, over the wall

16. 1976

    5 events: false papers and disguises, hidden in vehicles, over the wall

17. 1977

    7 events: over the wall, swimming, by train, hidden in vehicles, false papers and disguises

18. 1978

    6 events: over the wall, false papers and disguises, guards who fled, aircraft and balloons, hidden in vehicles

19. 1979

    5 events: false papers and disguises, hidden in vehicles, over the wall

20. 1980

    7 events: over the wall, by train, guards who fled, swimming

21. 1981

    5 events: over the wall, hidden in vehicles, by train

22. 1982

    4 events: over the wall, tunnels, hidden in vehicles

23. 1983

    7 events: ziplines and cables, by train, driving through, over the wall, guards who fled

24. 1984

    6 events: over the wall, driving through, aircraft and balloons

25. 1985

    2 events: over the wall, by boat

26. 1986

    21 events: over the wall, swimming, guards who fled, driving through, aircraft and balloons

27. 1987

    11 events: over the wall, false papers and disguises, guards who fled, aircraft and balloons, driving through

28. 1988

    12 events: driving through, over the wall, swimming, guards who fled

29. 1989

    20 events: over the wall, by train, swimming, aircraft and balloons, driving through, hidden in vehicles