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[โ€“] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 15 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Also, many tried to leave the GDR over the wet border, the Baltic sea, a lot of them not successfully.

The "Regional history" section begins with a report by a group of researchers from Greifswald on the deaths of people attempting to escape across the Baltic Sea. After meticulous research for the period from 1961 to 1989, the authors come to the conclusion that in 126 cases it is certain that drowned persons died during an escape attempt, while in 244 cases the circumstances of death could not be clarified with certainty. In addition to this commendable statistical survey, some particularly well-documented individual fates are also presented.

From Geschichtswerkstatt-Rostock.de โ€“ Zeitgeschichte Regional (2022) H2, translated using DeepL

German media report on the research project of the University of Greifswald: https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/todesfalle-ostsee-die-vergessenen-ddr-fluechtlinge-100.html