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Bloodstained Berlin Wall as Pilgrims Cross Checkpoints
West Berliners continued daily visits to East Berlin amid the Christmas bloodstain on the wall. Official counts ranged from 47,500 to about 60,000 through checkpoints by early evening with 163,000 day visits since Sunday. A refugee shot at Christmas night. another wounded while escaping. Chancellor Erhard hospitalized overnight in shock. East German border guards claim two men broke through the border. East Berlin witnesses report no music along the wall and a charged atmosphere of indignation at the killings.
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George Boultwood
Berlin
Berlin Wall
German Democratic Republic
Red Guards
Paul Schwy
West
Lad
Wig Erhard
Lakeside
Tegernsee
Bavaria
East German
Defense Ministry
West Berlin