The fatal shooting of Peter Fechter created a simmering fury that was only becalmed when, on an astonishing night 30 years ago, Berliners tore down the despised wall with their bare hands. Mick O ...

Two former East German border guards apologized at their trial Monday for the 1962 killing of 17-year-old Peter Fechter, who was shot and bled to death at the Berlin Wall as his cries for help ...

Peter Fechter, just 18 years old at the time of his death in 1962, was fatally shot down by East German border guards as he attempted to cross into West Germany during the Cold War conflict.

A court convicted two former East German border guards of manslaughter Wednesday for the 1962 killing of Peter Fechter, a 17-year-old mason who was shot and bled to death at the Berlin Wall as his ...