This source includes the murder of Peter Fechter on August 17, 1962. This eighteen-year-old boy was shot as he attempted to escape the confines of the wall. Authorities struggled to reach him and by the time they did, it was already too late. This happened in an open area where many people could see a boy dead in the center of Berlin, murdered for his desire for freedom. Almost immediately, the West began to use this horrible event in the attempts of pushing their political agenda to expose the brutality and violence of the East.
Ahonen, Pertti. “The Berlin Wall and the Battle for Legitimacy in Divided Germany.” German Politics & Society, vol. 29, no. 2, Aug. 2011, pp. 40–56. EBSCOhost, doi:10.3167/gps.2011.290204.
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