54 years after the erection of the Berlin Wall more than 600 athletes run against oblivion. 160,9 kilometers around Western Berlin, along the former border.

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This year’s Berlin Wall Race is dedicated to Marienetta Jirkowsky. She was fatally shot at when she tried to cross the border in the North of Berlin.

Patron of the event is the former GDR civil rights activist Rainer Eppelmann.

The following short film by Alexander Lahl depicts the escape attempt.

MICKI engl. subtitled from Die Kulturingenieure on Vimeo.

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