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Floral arrangements at "White Crosses" memorial site

OBJECT INFORMATION

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November 11 1989
Berlin, near Reichstag
Created By: Anke Oehme

License: Not Creative Commons

Floral arrangements at the "White Crosses" memorial site on crosses for Lutz Schmidt and Chris Geuffroy. Between 1961 and 1989 at least 136 people were killed at the Berlin Wall or died in direct connection to the GDR regime.

Depicts

Berlin Wall (West), cross, fence, flower bouquet, group of people, mural crown

Context

fall of the Berlin Wall

Places

White Crosses

Text in image

Lutz Schmidt / Feb. 1987

Chris Geoffroy [Geuffroy] / 6.2.89 [handschriftlich:] 20 Jahre / Ein Berliner / Opfer / der / Honecker / Diktatur

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Original Caption

"Chris Gueffroy was shot in February 1989, while trying to get from East Berlin to West Berlin, nine months before the Fall of the Berlin Wall. Chris Gueffroy was 20 years old."