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Photo gallery: Hans-Dieter Wesa is shot dead while attempting to escape to the West

The mesh fence is the border: Hans-Dieter Wesa was already in West Berlin territory, 23 August 1962 Railway complex of the Bornholmer Strasse station in Berlin: the 19-year-old transport policeman Hans-Dieter Wesa was found on this spot, 23 August 1962 Memorial cross for Hans-Dieter Wesa at the Bornholmer Bridge in West Berlin, 6 November 1964
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