# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gunter-litfin
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:49:14.090Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gunter-litfin"
name: "Günter Litfin"
slug: "gunter-litfin"
description: "Günter Litfin was a German tailor who became the second known person to die at the Berlin Wall. Litfin was the first victim to be killed by East German border troops, the first to succumb to gunshot wounds, and the first male victim."
tagline: "First victim of the Berlin Wall (1937–1961)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2010-03-08-berlin-mauer-by-RalfR-04.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
birthDate: "1937-01-19"
deathDate: "1961-08-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.15
  momentum:             5.783132530120482
  historical:           12.056664
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Гюнтер Літфін"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "جونتر ليتفين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCnter_Litfin"
    title: "Günter Litfin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCnter_Litfin"
    title: "Günter Litfin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%93%CE%BA%CF%8D%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B5%CF%81_%CE%9B%CE%AF%CF%84%CF%86%CE%B9%CE%BD"
    title: "Γκύντερ Λίτφιν"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCnter_Litfin"
    title: "Günter Litfin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCnter_Litfin"
    title: "Günter Litfin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCnter_Litfin"
    title: "Günter Litfin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AE%E3%83%A5%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%88%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ギュンター・リトフィン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B7%84%ED%84%B0_%EB%A6%AC%ED%8A%B8%ED%95%80"
    title: "귄터 리트핀"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCnter_Litfin"
    title: "Günter Litfin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCnter_Litfin"
    title: "Günter Litfin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%84%D0%B8%D0%BD%2C_%D0%93%D1%8E%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Литфин, Гюнтер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCnter_Litfin"
    title: "Günter Litfin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q72876"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump