Ida Siekmann
Ida Siekmann | |
|---|---|
 Berlin Wall Memorial on Bernauer Strasse | |
| Born | 23 August 1902 |
| Died | 22 August 1961 (aged 58) |
| Cause of death | Fall injuries |
| Body discovered | Bernauer Strasse 48 52°32′25″N 13°24′10″E / 52.5402°N 13.4029°E |
| Resting place | Urnenfriedhof Seestraße Berlin-Wedding 52°33′08″N 13°21′16″E / 52.5521°N 13.3544°E |
| Monuments | "Window Of Remembrance", Berlin |
| Known for | First casualty at the Berlin Wall |
Ida Siekmann (23 August 1902 – 22 August 1961) was a German nurse who became the first known person to die at the Berlin Wall, only nine days after they started building it.
Ida Siekmann Media
Makarios III, President of Cyprus, at the Siekmann memorial (1962)
Ida Siekmann's grave, at the Urnenfriedhof Seestraße, Berlin-Wedding (2011)
Bernauer Straße 48 (and 47c to the far right) in June 1965. Annotations (on the Wikimedia Commons version of this page) show Ida Siekmann's front door and the window that she jumped from, three floors above the ground floor.
Bernauer Straße in November 1955, including Bernauer Straße 48, with annotations (on the Wikimedia Commons version of this page) showing Ida Siekmann's front door and the fourth-floor window that she jumped from
