Statistics (See References for Sources)
Length of Wall |
Border Between East and West Berlin |
Watchtowers |
Bunkers |
People Killed at the Wall |
96 Miles
|
26.7 Miles
|
302 Watchtowers
|
20 Bunkers
|
192 People
|
155 km
|
43.1 km
|
8 border guards in line of duty
|
Number of People Who Successfully Escaped |
Number of Deaths of People Who Attempted Escape |
Dog Runs(fenced-off runs parallel to the wall, patrolled by dogs without handlers)
|
Number of Deaths While Trying to Cross the Wall |
Tens of thousands of Berliners successfully escaped by climbing over the wall, digging under it, hiding in cars or some other way to cross the border. Some even made it across in a hot-air balloon.
|
75,000 People
|
259 Dog Runs
|
Between 86 and 262
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