August 13th, 1961 the wall was erected.
It contained half of the population.
Those who wanted to leave could not.
Families were broken up.
Friends divided.
One, two, three. One, two, three.
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Approximately five thousand people made it safely across the wall
About two hundred died trying.
The guards were ordered not to shoot to kill
Stasi agents were tasked with going undercover to prevent other guards from defecting
One, two, three. One, two, three.
Olga Segler, Bernd 
Lünser,
Werner Probst, and Ingo Krüger.
Four of many, few of plenty.
Situation not so deadly.
