Memorial dedicated to Chris Gueffroy

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October 1 - December 31 1989
Berlin
Created By: Ralf Skiba

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Remembrance of the Victims of the Berlin Wall

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)