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Remembering Peter Fecher, Born Jan 14, 1944, Berlin. Died August 17, 1962 on the Berlin Wall.

Dwight-AFCL>dogsbody 2012/08/17 18:32:29
Fifty years ago this month a young man died trying to gain freedom from oppression. He was not killed by a soldier or officer of an enemy state. He was killed by his own country men for the crime of trying to leave his city of birth. For the past year citizens of East Berlin and East Germany had been denied the freedom of leaving. Not of entering their State, but of leaving it.

18 year old Peter Fecher was not the first to die just for trying to leave, but he became famous for being one of the first to die tangled in the concertina wire strung along the year old Berlin Wall, and under the watching eyes of Western military guards.

Peter Fecher was just one person who was killed for not submitting to a totalitarian State and philosophy that demands a person do just that. Submitt oneself to its demands and live the life the State and social philosophy requires of you. To become less than your self in service of the State.

Peter Fecher was just 18 years older than myself when he was killed by an East German Border Guard for daring to hope for something better than being a cog in a machine. He would have been 68 now with a full life behind him. Instead his dead or dying imagine is all we have of Peter Fecher to remind us that Freedom and Liberty are worth taking a chance for.

Remember Peter Fecher, and others who died excaping tyranny.

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  • Transquesta 2012/08/17 18:43:18
    Transquesta
    +8
    May all of the pioneers of freedom forever delight in the loving gaze of God.

    2 Corinthians 3:17

    "Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty."
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  • Cat 2012/08/26 23:09:37
    Cat
    +1
    God bless him.
    and god damn the DDR and the USSR.
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  • Dwight-... Cat 2012/08/26 23:35:05
    Dwight-AFCL>dogsbody
    Did and done.
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  • Link 2012/08/18 01:51:49
    Link
    +1
    Definitely
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  • Kane Fernau 2012/08/17 21:58:19
    Kane Fernau
    +3
    Good post. Some have forgotten how evil communism is!
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  • Dwight-... Kane Fe... 2012/08/18 00:41:24
    Dwight-AFCL>dogsbody
    +1
    The past is almost always forgotten. Especially the terrible parts.
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  • Kane Fe... Dwight-... 2012/08/18 02:10:46
    Kane Fernau
    +1
    http://www.creators.com/print...
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  • Dwight-... Kane Fe... 2012/08/18 14:26:49
    Dwight-AFCL>dogsbody
    +1
    Good link, Kane. I enjoy Walter Williams, he's one of the most intelliget men around today.
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  • Jan 2012/08/17 20:54:08
    Jan
    +1
    How sad that he lost his life at such a young age. Hopefully it will not have been in vain if lessons are learnt from all the deaths like his. May they all R.I.P.
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  • Dwight-... Jan 2012/08/17 20:55:15
    Dwight-AFCL>dogsbody
    +2
    It's left to the rest of us to teach the lesson, Jan. It should never be forgotten.
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  • Jan Dwight-... 2012/08/17 21:04:25
    Jan
    +1
    Hi Dwight, I agree with you 100%, we have to do exactly that and and ensure that future generations also learn about the Peter Fechers of this world.
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  • Space Invader 2012/08/17 20:44:38
    Space Invader
    +2
    the brave people who sought to escape tyranny are usually often forgotten. Thanx for this post.
    Let's hope America does not go down that road
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  • Dwight-... Space I... 2012/08/17 20:46:51
    Dwight-AFCL>dogsbody
    +1
    If we do it will be because of our own failure to remember the Peter Fechers of the world.
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  • bags the Indigenous Guru 2012/08/17 19:55:30
    bags the Indigenous Guru
    +2
    I remember it well. One of my prized possessions is a small piece of concrete with some paint on it. It was given to me by a friend who had served in Germany. It sits on my desk, under a glass cover so no one takes it by mistake, and reminds me.....
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  • RENEGAD... bags th... 2012/08/17 20:15:26
    RENEGADE 34
    +3
    I served in Germany, I was out in 88, I took the Border tour. Kinda frecky watching machine guns track you and the KGB taking your picture. I still look at those photos time to remind me about freedom.
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  • bags th... RENEGAD... 2012/08/17 20:23:39
    bags the Indigenous Guru
    +1
    My brother spent 10 years at Camp Casey. He's told me what it feel like. Glad you're back and things went well. Thanks.
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  • RENEGAD... bags th... 2012/08/17 20:46:57
    RENEGADE 34
    +2
    The wall and our job, is all I heard in the time I was in Germany, I remember wall being torn down. I was back in the States, yet I knew what it ment. You keep that concrete safe now. Thank you for sharing.
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  • Dwight-... RENEGAD... 2012/08/17 20:50:28
    Dwight-AFCL>dogsbody
    +2
    A story to remind us all. let's not forget to teach them to the next generations.
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  • Dwight-... bags th... 2012/08/17 20:48:55
    Dwight-AFCL>dogsbody
    +1
    Such horrors should be remembered, bags. The spirit of each person is always a moment from subjugation.
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  • Torchmanner ~PWCM~JLA 2012/08/17 19:48:38
    Torchmanner ~PWCM~JLA
    +1
    Sad. And liberals want MORE of this communism, and they want it here. History proves that it doesn't work, but they push for it anyway.
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  • Dwight-... Torchma... 2012/08/17 20:51:44
    Dwight-AFCL>dogsbody
    It is hubris that assumes people can be molded into a pattern matching insects.
    reply
  • geegee 2012/08/17 19:30:49
    geegee
    +4
    I can only imagine how deeply Peter Fecher longed for freedom ! Thank you for memorializing him today, 50 years after he died trying to attain that freedom. May we ALL value our freedom as much as did Peter Fecher !!!
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  • Dwight-... geegee 2012/08/17 19:38:55
    Dwight-AFCL>dogsbody
    +3
    Amen, geegee. Amen.
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  • Charles E 2012/08/17 19:24:58
    Charles E
    +2
    I don't remember anyone dying while trying to escape from West Berlin during the years of the Soviet controled "Workers Paradise".
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  • Dwight-... Charles E 2012/08/17 19:40:59
    Dwight-AFCL>dogsbody
    +3
    It is strange that little was made of it in our news media, or our government. Yet a little research in a library or the Net shows that it did happen.
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  • bags th... Dwight-... 2012/08/17 19:56:46
    bags the Indigenous Guru
    +1
    I saw it on the news. At least in this area it was covered.
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  • RENEGAD... Charles E 2012/08/17 20:21:22
    RENEGADE 34
    +1
    Lots of stories, I was stationed in Germany. Most of the stories where back pages of the news. The boarder clashes ect. Readers Digest had a few stories years ago.
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  • ray 2012/08/17 18:51:59
    ray
    +5
    These things should not be forgotten .
    or the moments when one realizes they are on the wrong side of things.


    These stories must be taught to the young so they don't relive the nightmares.
    This is what parents and Grandparents were willing to risk to avoid being PROGRESSIVE
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  • Dwight-... ray 2012/08/17 18:57:07
    Dwight-AFCL>dogsbody
    +6
    It is my hope that some of our young sodaheads will pay some attention to this.
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  • RENEGAD... Dwight-... 2012/08/17 20:30:41
    RENEGADE 34
    +2
    I do too. but even most of people my age dont. "50"
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  • Dwight-... RENEGAD... 2012/08/17 20:53:06
    Dwight-AFCL>dogsbody
    That's why we keep learning the lessons over and over.
    reply
  • Transquesta 2012/08/17 18:43:18
    Transquesta
    +8
    May all of the pioneers of freedom forever delight in the loving gaze of God.

    2 Corinthians 3:17

    "Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty."
    reply
  • Dwight-... Transqu... 2012/08/17 18:47:14
    Dwight-AFCL>dogsbody
    +5
    May God rest his soul.
    reply
  • Scott 2012/08/17 18:41:52
    Scott
    +8
    A sad but important reminder Dwight.
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  • Dwight-... Scott 2012/08/17 18:45:14
    Dwight-AFCL>dogsbody
    +3
    None should be forgotten. thank you, Scott.
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  • BUCCANEER~POTL~PWCM~JLA 2012/08/17 18:40:07
    BUCCANEER~POTL~PWCM~JLA
    +8
    I remember the murder of Peter Fechter well,he wasn't shot dead in his bid for freedom,
    he was gunned down by the Vopos,crawled some yards and was left to die in agony,as an "eample" to others,disgusting
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  • Dwight-... BUCCANE... 2012/08/17 18:43:17
    Dwight-AFCL>dogsbody
    +5
    The last was in 1984. Hard to believe it lasted so long.
    reply
  • BUCCANE... Dwight-... 2012/08/17 18:47:36
    BUCCANEER~POTL~PWCM~JLA
    +4
    It is,they went from one tyranny,only to suffer the tyranny of communism
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  • Dwight-... BUCCANE... 2012/08/17 19:00:41
    Dwight-AFCL>dogsbody
    +2
    True. Blindly following one man dragged them to a horrible punishment.
    reply
  • Charles E Dwight-... 2012/08/17 19:36:10
    Charles E
    +5
    Gun control helped keep the people controled by the gun carrying government agents.
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  • Dwight-... Charles E 2012/08/17 19:43:45
    Dwight-AFCL>dogsbody
    +1
    The Nazi's had already caused the deaths of most men who could have prevented it. And caused the loss of freedoms and thoughts of resistance that helped the Communist to controll so many.

    Not to mention causing the war that led to the occupation and division of Germany.
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