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    60 years ago yesterday construction began on the Berlin Wall , was always of the mind that it went up fairly quick after the end of WW2 ...... that's what I get for not reading up of history .

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    Originally posted by Twobob View Post
    60 years ago yesterday construction began on the Berlin Wall , was always of the mind that it went up fairly quick after the end of WW2 ...... that's what I get for not reading up of history .
    I remember the photo of Peter Fechter’s body being carried off by the Vopo’s hours after he bled to death from machine gun fire as he tried to escape over the wall.
    I google because I'm not young enough to know everything.
    Nemo Mortalium Omnibus Horis Sapit

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      Originally posted by jembo View Post
      I remember the photo of Peter Fechter’s body being carried off by the Vopo’s hours after he bled to death from machine gun fire as he tried to escape over the wall.
      Another door opened for me there ..

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        Recorded deaths year on year of people attempting to crossover

        ...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...Deaths_by_year

        Researchers claim it to be much higher than above .
        Last edited by Twobob; 15-08-2021, 08:01 AM.

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