Serving as one of the most enduring deaths at the wall, 18-year-old Peter Fechter is shot in the pelvis and bleeds to death while trying to escape. Since he fell on the border strip on the east side, Western authorities and other bystanders aren’t allowed to help him and instead watch him die.
18岁的Peter Fechter在试图翻越柏林墙时被东德士兵打伤,不予抢救任其流血致死。东西德统一后,这几个士兵被判谋杀罪。
U.S. President Ronald Reagan visits the wall on the West Berlin side and demands peace and liberalization, stating:
General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization: Come here to this gate. Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate. Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.