Dok su na hiljade ljudi uspjele prijeći masivnu građevinu koju je postavio komunistički režim, najmanje 136 lica ubijeno je u takozvanom "pojasu smrti" između glavne pregrade i one druge, dalje unutar istočnog Berlina, u pokušaju da pobjegnu na slobodni Zapad.
While thousands managed to overcome the massive structure put in place by the communist regime, at least 136 people were killed in the so-called "death strip" between the main barrier and a second one further inside East Berlin while trying to escape into the free West.