Peter Fechter - Monument

5 Nico Vasilevski - 2 years ago

Peter Fechtner is the very first wall victim and the pillar is where he tried to escape. Also nearby is the Portuguese embassy where one of the first escape tunnel were dug

5 Mickey Nguyen - 4 years ago

A small and sobering monument that should be more well-known within Berlin. Everyone should commemorate such a courageous and brave young man.

5 XWA2203 - 3 years ago

A place where you should stop for a minute and think about the times which are gone and hopefully never come back.

5 Heiko Sommer - 3 years ago

Sad memorial of a victim of German history

4 REINHARD KUNTZKE - 3 years ago

(Translated by Google) It seems so unreal to me. I still have the gray and dreary image of the inner-city border in my mind. Really, I see the pulsating, dressed-up city. And right in the middle the simple memorial column for a person who was killed in this place. Incomprehensible.

(Original)
Es kommt mir so irreal vor. Vor Augen habe ich noch das grau-triste Bild der innerstädtischen Grenze. Real sehe ich die pulsierende herrausgeputzte Großstadt. Und mittendrin die schlichte Erinnerungssäule für einen Menschen, der an diesem Ort getötet wurde. Unbegreiflich.

5 Massimiliano Antoniazzi - 2 years ago

(Translated by Google) Visiting Berlin for the 30 years since the fall of the Wall I was in the area of u200bu200bthe famous Checkpoint "Charlie". A very interesting place if it were not for the excessive crushing and spectacle that the place has assumed over the years. Rereading my guide on the Wall, I remembered the story of Peter Fechter, told to me by my mother many years ago. Learned that there was a small monument commemorating his memory, I wanted to visit this place. Although it is only a column with some inscriptions explaining what happened and some flowers placed on the sidewalk in front, the site gave me particular emotion. This guy's story struck me so much. The fact that he risked (and unfortunately lost) his life to escape from tyranny towards freedom made me think a lot. Unfortunately the site was deserted at the time of my visit. I say "unfortunately" because people like Peter should be more remembered. It is also true that rather than becoming a "phenomenon" of business or worship, it is sometimes better to remain aware of a few. To better understand the meaning of this site, I recommend a visit to the site after having read for good what the "Berlin Wall" and the dictatorship of the GDR represented for the people who were subjugated to it.

(Original)
In visita a Berlino per i 30 anni dalla caduta del Muro mi trovavo nella zona del famoso Checkpoint "Charlie". Un luogo molto interessante se non fosse per l'eccessiva ressa e spettacolarizzazione che il luogo ha assunto negli anni. Rileggendo la mia guida sul Muro mi sono ricordato della storia di Peter Fechter, raccontatami da mia madre molti anni fa. Appreso che esisteva un piccolo monumento che commemorava la sua memoria ho voluto visitare questo luogo. Benché si tratti solo di una colonna con alcune iscrizioni che spiegano cosa accadde ed alcuni fiori posti sul marciapiede antistante, il sito mi ha dato particolare emozione. La storia di questo ragazzo mi ha colpito tantissimo. Il fatto che abbia rischiato (e purtroppo perduto) la propria vita per fuggire dalla tirannide verso la libertà mi ha fatto riflettere tantissimo. Purtroppo il sito era deserto al momento della mia visita. Dico "purtroppo" perché persone come Peter dovrebbero essere maggiormente ricordate. E' anche vero che piuttosto che divenire un "fenomeno" di business o culto, talvolta è meglio rimanere a conoscenza di pochi. Per comprendere al meglio il significato di questo sito, consiglio la visita al luogo dopo aver letto per bene cosa ha rappresentato il "Muro di Berlino" e la dittatura della DDR per le genti che ne sono state soggiogate.

5 행복나무 Glücksbaum - 3 years ago

(Translated by Google) There is a monument in memory of Peter Fechter, a young man who died while trying to escape the Berlin Wall.
Checkpoint Charlie Zimmer Straße 26-27, about a block from the checkpoint, has a memorial to him, but I felt sorry that a page of history seemed to have been erased because none of the tourists were found.
According to the story,
To him who is dying while hanging on the iron fence
No one... no one...
They did not reach out the hand of salvation.
......

The day I visited,
The contents of the memorial rain that was wet from the wet rain
It was written like this.
"Er wollte nur die Freiheit." In other words,
This young man is, above all, only, just,
I just wanted freedom.

He did not cross that barrier in 1962
1989 his soul
Standing on the collapsing barrier,
I must have shouted.
I must have sang.
Freedom...,

And the world that becomes one,
Unification!

(Original)
베를린장벽을 뛰어넘어 탈출하려다 죽음을 당한 청년 Peter Fechter을 추모하는 비가 세워져 있다.
체크포인트 찰리 검문소에서 한 블록 쯤 떨어진 Zimmer Straße 26-27에는 그의 추모 비가 세워져 있지만 여행객 그 누구도 찾지 않아 역사의 한 페이지가 지워진 듯 해서 안타까운 마음이 들었다.
전해지는 이야기로는,
철책에 매달린 채 죽어가는 그에게
아무도..., 그 어느 누구도...,
구원의 손길을 내밀지 않았다는 것이다.
......

내가 찾아간 그 날,
촉촉히 내리는 비로 인해서 젖은 추모 비의 내용엔
이런 내용이 적혀져 있었다.
"Er wollte nur die Freiheit." 즉,
이 젊은이는 무엇보다도, 오로지, 단지,
자유를 원했을 뿐이야.

그는 1962년, 그 장벽을 넘지 못했지만
1989년 그의 영혼은
무너져 내리는 장벽 위에 서서,
외쳤으리라.
노래했으리라.
자유를 ...,

그리고 하나되는 세상을,
통일을!