Year by year
From the night of 13 August 1961 to the opening of the border on 9 November 1989.
1961
72 events: over the wall, driving through, guards who fled, window jumps, false papers and disguises, swimming, tunnels, by train
1962
39 events: guards who fled, tunnels, window jumps, over the wall, swimming, driving through, by boat, by train, ziplines and cables
1963
19 events: swimming, over the wall, tunnels, driving through, guards who fled
1964
19 events: hidden in vehicles, tunnels, over the wall, by train, driving through, swimming
1965
18 events: by train, over the wall, window jumps, ziplines and cables, false papers and disguises, swimming, guards who fled, hidden in vehicles
1966
15 events: over the wall, guards who fled, swimming, driving through
1967
2 events: swimming, by boat
1968
5 events: over the wall, swimming, guards who fled
1969
5 events: over the wall, hidden in vehicles
1970
6 events: aircraft and balloons, over the wall, tunnels, guards who fled, swimming
1971
5 events: tunnels, guards who fled, over the wall, by boat
1972
3 events: tunnels, swimming, over the wall
1973
4 events: hidden in vehicles, over the wall, tunnels
1974
1 event: guards who fled
1975
3 events: hidden in vehicles, over the wall
1976
1 event: over the wall
1977
3 events: over the wall, false papers and disguises
1980
3 events: by train, guards who fled, over the wall
1981
2 events: over the wall, by train
1982
3 events: over the wall, tunnels
1983
4 events: ziplines and cables, by train, driving through, over the wall
1984
3 events: driving through, over the wall
1985
2 events: over the wall, by boat
1986
14 events: over the wall, driving through, swimming, aircraft and balloons
1987
3 events: over the wall, aircraft and balloons, driving through
1988
2 events: driving through, over the wall
1989
11 events: by train, over the wall, aircraft and balloons, driving through