The first victim of the Wall dies
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August 22, 1961
59-year-old Ida Siekmann attempts to cross the wall just 9 days after its edification. She throws a mattress onto the pavement on the Western side of the wall from the third floor of her building and jumps. Sadly she dies in her fall. Today a plaque serves as a reminder of the Wall?s first victim.
