Ida Siekmann was a German nurse who became the first known person to die at the Berlin Wall, only nine days after the beginning of its construction.
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Makarios III, President of Cyprus, at the Siekmann memorial (1962)![Ida Siekmann's grave, at the Urnenfriedhof Seestraße [de], Berlin-Wedding (2011)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Idagrave.jpg/1280px-Idagrave.jpg)
Ida Siekmann's grave, at the Urnenfriedhof Seestraße [de], 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 fromAbout this person
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GermanyStatus
deceased
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Lived 1902 to 1961 · aged 58
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