A file containing documents concerning civil disturbances and unrest in Berlin. The file includes a discussion of the case of Ekkehard Weil, a West German neo-Nazi who shot a guard at a Soviet war memorial in West Berlin; notes on the police investigation following the shooting; notes on the trial of Weil and the defence prepared by his attorney; comments on Soviet press coverage of the Weil case; and a discussion of the political implications of the case for Soviet-West German relations. Other documents in the file include an account of an incident in which a West German citizen was arrested for trespassing in a Soviet guardhouse in Berlin; a letter about strikes at Berlin universities; a report that a tunnel has been discovered under the Berlin Wall in the French sector of Berlin; and charts and graphs of attempted crossings into West Berlin by East German refugees.
- Collection ID
- FCO33
- Countries
- Soviet Union West Germany
- Department Reference
- WRL 1/1 PART A
- Document Type
- Correspondence Legal and Treaty Material Reports Visual Media
- File Reference
- FCO 33/1521
- Identifier
- 10.1080/cwee.fco33.001521
- Pages
- 122
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Subject Countries
- Berlin
- Themes
- Border Security and Migration Dissent, Resistance, and Human Rights International Relations
