Standing today is not has not always been a place to watch movies if i had been here 30 years ago i could have been shot dead by east german border guards just for being here now they would have been maybe in the towers as part of the wall complex or they could have been on patrol boats in the river behind me and where i am in this part of berlin the wall itself is not the border the border itself is in the middle of the river ship but they were you can see marks by these lit up blue poles and right here about 10 people died trying to cross from communist east berlin into what was known as free west berlin though if you look at the figures across east germany during the time of the berlin wall the number of people who tried to escape east germany and died during their attempt is over a 1000 some say it s around 1200 and most of those who died trying to escape were young men between the age of 18 and 25 now it s no wonder if you look at those