Escape attempt
Gueffroy was 20 years old when he was killed in February 1989 while attempting to cross from East Berlin into West Berlin.
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Chris Gueffroy
The last person shot during an escape attempt across the Berlin Wall.
Chris Gueffroy (21 June 1968 – 6 February 1989) was killed by border guards while attempting to escape from East Berlin to West Berlin across the Berlin Wall. A memorial commemorates him on the canal bank where he was killed.
Worth knowing
Place in Berlin Wall history
Gueffroy was the last person shot and the second-last person to die during an escape attempt across the Berlin Wall.
Chris Gueffroy Memorial
The Chris Gueffroy Memorial marks the canal bank where border guards killed him during his escape attempt in February 1989.
Addresses you can still visit
Every place in this city with a documented tie to this person.
Commemorated here
Chris Gueffroy Memorial
The memorial commemorates Gueffroy at the canal bank where border guards killed him during his escape attempt in February 1989.
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