Memorial dedicated to Chris Gueffroy

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April 1989
Berlin
Created By: Jean-Marie Delbot

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A memorial cross for Chris Gueffroy, victim of the Wall, who was shot at the Wall in February 1989. It was Gueffroy's death that "led to the ultimate suspension of the shoot-to-kill order (that was not publicly announced)" (Gerhard Kunze: Grenzerfahrungen, Berlin 1999, pg.308, quoted from Klaus Schroeder/Jochen Staadt: Zeitgeschichte in Deutschland vor und nach 1949, in: Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte B 26/97, 20 June 1997, pg.295)

Depicts

Berlin Wall (West), cross, flower bouquet

Context

victim of the Berlin Wall

Places

Reichstag building, White Crosses

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