Peter Fechter Memorial

The Peter Fechter memorial, in Berlin

The Peter Fechter memorial pays tribute to a young man killed trying to cross the Berlin Wall in 1962. The Berlin audio-guided tour stops here, with respect and contemplation, to evoke this place of memory, on the former route of the Wall.

The memory of a victim of the Wall

The Peter Fechter memorial recalls, with gravity, the drama of a young man victim of the Berlin Wall. In 1962, shortly after the construction of the Wall, Peter Fechter, aged eighteen, tried to flee to the West. Hit by gunfire as he was climbing the device, he fell into the border zone and there agonised without help, before the eyes of passers-by on both sides, before succumbing. This drama shook public opinion and became a symbol of the inhumanity of the border. A commemorative stele, erected at the place where he died, perpetuates his memory and that of all the victims of the Wall. You discover it with respect and contemplation.

What to see

Here you discover, with respect and contemplation, the commemorative stele erected at the place where Peter Fechter died, a young victim of the Berlin Wall in 1962, on the former route of the border. The memorial perpetuates the memory of the victims of the Wall. It is a stop to be discovered with respect.

Practical information

The Peter Fechter memorial lies on the former route of the Berlin Wall, near Checkpoint Charlie, reachable on foot. It is an open-air place of memory, freely accessible. It is best to observe the respect due to the memory of the victims of the Wall.

Who was Peter Fechter?

A young man of eighteen who, in 1962, tried to flee to the West; hit by gunfire while climbing the Berlin Wall, he succumbed in the border zone, becoming a symbol of the inhumanity of the border.

Where is the Peter Fechter memorial?

On the former route of the Berlin Wall, near Checkpoint Charlie, in Germany.