"Maueropfer - Wall Victims" - In A Berlin Minute (Week 37) [HD] - 50 Jahre Mauer

From 1961 until 1989 at least 136 people died directly because of the Berlin Wall and border area. These people are referred to as "Todesopfer der Berliner Mauer" or just "Maueropfer " (wall victims). There are disputes as to the exact numbers. Another study puts the number at 245.

Another 251 people died of natural causes during or after crossing the border, mostly through heart attacks.

There are several memorials for the victims in Berlin. For this video I captured these (in order):

- "Todesopfer the Berliner Mauer Fenster des Gedenkens " - "Victims of the Berlin Wall Window of Remembrance" at the official Berlin Wall Memorial (Bernauer Strasse). This is also the source of the audio.

- Several Weisse Kreuze (White Crosses) around the Reichstag and along the Spree River.

- One of several Memorial Stones along Bernauer Strasse, then tilting up to the Kapelle der Versöhnung (Chapel of Reconciliation) , which was built in the place of a church (of the same name) that for about two decades remained empty in the death zone until it was torn down in the 1980s.

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[ThisIsScottinWriting]

Wow really well done! You should be getting paid to be doing stuff like this. :]

[GNYBerlin]

@ThisIsScottinWriting Thank you so much, Scott. Honestly, I sometimes wonder why I'm doing all this work for no money ;-) But then it's nice to have a creative project going just for fun - and for such nice comments as yours.

- Luci

[thagaza]

Luci Thanks so much for your incredible vision!

No matter what type of work you reveal, I always seem to get emotionally attracted.

Keep doing what you do!!

[GNYBerlin]

@thagaza Thank you for this wonderful comment. It really moved me. I'll save it.

[MyChangeThruRunning]

I had a friend come over today her name is Regetta she lived behind the wall and was able to walk away from it. She moved to America and we sat and had pumpernickel bread and vegi soup. Anyways, we listened to all the stories and I thought of you :-) So I said all that to say ~ hi :-)

[GNYBerlin]

@MyChangeThruRunning Wow, that's amazing. It's so wonderful to have friends who can tell you personal stories from worlds apart.

[YinesraEkrug]

@CharlottenburgerBoys

Jaja machn Kopf zu.Viele wollen die Mauer wieder

[CharlottenburgerBoys]

@YinesraEkrug

Genau, blas mal weiter

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GAENSEHAUT! 

[YinesraEkrug]

Tja.Wen wunderts,dass man da erschossen wird? Wenns klipp und klar ist,dass wenn man in einen Sicherheitsbereich gelangt,einem hinterhergeballert wird,dann sollte man das auch lassen.Pech gehabt.Regeln sind Regeln.

[GNYBerlin]

@Audzilla605 Thank you. That means a lot. I hope you'll still like the new ones and the ones coming up ;-)

[GNYBerlin]

@itsjustyu Thank you for writing that.