The Cold War continues: Fifty-eight-year-old Ida Siekmann becomes the first Berliner to be killed attempting to cross the “Berlin Wall” (barbed wire) that had only been up for nine days. Siekmann would have turned 59 the next day.
Postscript: The actual physical Berlin Wall was not completed until 1965. And the “death strip” not completed until 1980.
[added 9/30/2022]
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References:
List of deaths at the Berlin Wall − Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_deaths_at_the_Berlin_Wall#Identifying_the_death_toll
Ida Siekmann − Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_Siekmann
Berlin Wall − Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Wall
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