Hans-Georg Lemme had been doing military service with the People's Police in Schwerin since November 1973. On August 18, 1974 he was deserted. On the evening of August 19, 1974, …

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Carlos Sievers

September 27, 2019

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You have to remember the cruel border. Unfortunately Brandenburg does not consider it necessary to commemorate the expulsion of the inhabitants along the border Elbe, which were classified as unreliable after 1961 or whose homesteads disturbed the field of fire and which were demolished:
On the Lower Saxon part of the east bank are plaques where farms were demolished.

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Inka

May 11, 2022

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There are several memorials to those who died in the Wall. This one was particularly poignant for me because Lemme's killing was so gruesome. Nothing for weak nerves.

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