After Rudolf Müller had shot the border guard Reinhold Huhn and fled west through a self-made tunnel, Egon Bahr, speaker of the Senate at that time, announced he had only thrown him an "uppercut".
Setelah udolf Müller menembak penjaga perbatasan Reinhold Huhn dan lari ke barat melalui terowongan buatan sendiri, Egon Bahr, jurubicara Senat pada masa itu, mengumumkan bahwa ia hanya melemparkannya sebuah "potongan hulu".