Original: Peter Fechter ( 14 January 1944 & ndash ; 17 August 1962 ) was a German bricklayer from Berlin in what became East Germany in 1945 , who , at the age of eighteen , became one of the first victims of the Berlin Wall 's border guards while trying to cross over to what was then West Berlin .
Simplified: Peter Fechter ( January 14 , 1944 - 17 August 1962 ) is one of the best known victims of the Berlin Wall .