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What normally happened to those who tried to escape over the Berlin Wall?
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∙ 9y ago
Most of them went to prison. The Border Command tried to arrest all the people who tried to escape so they could have big trials. They wound up shooting a lot of people, but it was a lot less than they could have.
According to Article 213 of the Criminal Code of the GDR (Strafgesetzbuch der DDR), "unlawful flight from the GDR" (Republikflucht) was punished with up to 8 years imprisonment. The "crime" of aiding and abetting unlawful flight was punishable with up to life in prison.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 14y agoIf East Germans tried to escape to West Germany, they would have to go through a no mans land in which there were dogs, mines, blocades, and heavily equiped guards that were not afraid to shoot. Mostly, they died.
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∙ 11y agoThere were many things that happened to those people.
The lucky ones managed to make it across and earned immediate West German citizenship. Quite a few people were so fortunate because the Wall was not quite as secure as you were led to believe.
About five thousand people were killed.
Most of them were captured and tried by the East German government, and thrown in jail.
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∙ 9y agoMost people who tried to escape over either the Berlin Wall or the inner-German border were captured by the border troops, tried for deserting the state, and thrown in a labor camp for five years. The border troops were authorized to kill deserters, but when the guard yells out "stop or I'll shoot" most of them stopped - they knew he would shoot.
Now here's the truth: most of the people who left this particular socialist paradise didn't try such dramatic methods. The absolutely most common way to leave was to get a permit. They would issue them. You had to be very, very prepared to go, tho: the way they informed you it'd been approved is by sending two Stasi agents to your house. They would give you one minute to grab your suitcase, give you a ride to the Friedrichstrasse train station in East Berlin, wish you good luck and load you onto a westbound train. And they would normally do this at three in the morning. If you didn't have a problem with migrating to the West with only the clothes on your back and the money in your pocket, this was for you.
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What happened to those trying to escape?
Some succeeded and some did not
During what years did the Berlin wall exist?
Cold War. The Berlin Wall was put up in 1961 when the World War 2 had ended for 16 years. It was built by the successor of Stalin. This happened because when East Germany surrounded West Berlin, people migrated there for better life. This caused a big blow on their economy and propaganda. Hence the Berlin Wall was built to stop East Germans from entering West Berlin. Those who tried were shot. the Berlin wall was torn down in 1989
What did Stalin do when Britain France and the US announced their decision to consolidate the zones of Berlin that they occupied?
When the US announced its decision to consolidate the zones they controlled in Berlin, Stalin reacted by blocking access to those zones. This was known as the Berlin Blockade. The US and Britain countered with the Berlin Airlift.
What was it like to escape west Berlin?
Very few people were trying to escape West Berlin; West Berlin was part of democratic West Germany. Conversely, many East Germans were trying to flee to West Berlin in order to find freedom. There were some West Germans who wanted to defect to East Germany for spying purposes or because they had received lucrative offers from the East German government and, oftentimes, they simply walked up to the border and were taken in by East Germany; East Germany was not opposed to new people coming in, but about people leaving.To read about fleeing East Berlin, please see this Related Question: What was it like to escape East Berlin?
Can someone unscramble peeasc?
Those letters spell escape.
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Of those cities, Leipzig is the closest.
Is this sentence is correct that who can escape death?
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the cities were destroyed,especially those in France as most of the wr happened on france soil
What was it like to escape east Berlin?
Escaping East Berlin before 1961, when the Berlin Wall was built, required smugglers, but it was generally safe if you had sufficient money to make the trip. After 1961, it was incredibly difficult and scary. You had to run through entire sections of live fire to even get to the wall, not to mention all of the barbed wire along the wall and the difficulty of climbing the wall. Thankfully, the culture in West Germany was not that different from East Germany, so post-arrival was not a major culture-shock. However, it was hard for those East Germans who crossed to rebuild their lives.
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For those of you playing on Facebook Kidnap the correct answer is raw beef, onions and eggs.
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You're kidding. A zillion....and those were painted over by a zillion more.
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He was an escape magician. He was good at escaping locked trunks and those stuff
