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Kurt Lichtenstein
Kurt Lichtenstein (Born 1 December 1911 Berlin, Died 12 October 1961 inner German border) was a communist journalist, and his death was a notable result of the German Democratic Republic's border control policies.
Lichtenstein was the first man shot on the inner German border after the establishment of the Berlin Wall in August 1961. The circumstances were revisited in a criminal trial in 1997. The two defendants were acquitted of manslaughter.
Personal life.
Kurt Lichtenstein was the son of Jewish merchant and shoemaker Georg
III, Philip Glass, and Emanuel Ax, and the casts of the Broadway hits "Avenue Q" and "Wicked".
Use of Virtual Reality/Second Life.
Lichtenstein Creative Media was a pioneer of the social uses of the on-line 3-D virtual world, Second Life. For "The Infinite Mind," Lichtenstein Creative Media produced the first ever concert and live radio broadcasts from Second Life in August 2006, with singer Suzanne Vega, author Kurt Vonnegut who appeared in avatar form, Internet visionary Howard