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East German border guards shoot a man trying to cross the Berlin Wall - August 17th, 1962

This Day in History Class - A podcast by iHeartPodcasts and HowStuffWorks

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On this day in 1962, eighteen-year-old Peter Fechter was gunned down by East German border guards while attempting to climb over the Berlin Wall.

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