Gabriel Grüner and Volker Krämer were two journalists for Stern magazine who were shot by Yugoslavian soldiers at a check point at the Dulje Pass on the west side of Kosovo, near the village of Dulje, Prizrenski Podgor about 25 km from Prizren, two days after the Kosovo War had ended on June 13, 1999.

[1][2][3] The pair of journalists were the first civilians from a NATO country to be killed during the war.

Grüner's girlfriend was Beatrix Gerstberger, who was six months pregnant with their first child Jakob at the time of his death.

[5][7] Grüner started his journalism career in 1991, and worked for eight years before he was killed.

He once said: "When I am a reporter, I move in the everyday lives of normal people, and through the camera I notice how absurd and partially funny which sometimes looks.

He started his career as a 3-year apprentice for Rheinische Post publishing house in Düsseldorf before he was hired on to the Stern.

An exhibition of his pictures was organized with the help of the then-director of the Wilhelm Fabry School, Hans-Gunther Eckerth.

He wrote notes and observed the focal points of the world through his photographs.

He played a big role in the magazine and dedicated a lot of his personal time to his stories.

[8] On June 13, 1999, at the Dulje Pass in Kosovo both journalists were shot and killed when they were caught in an ambush.

[4] As they were heading back on the "safe route" across the Dulje Pass, they came across a checkpoint by Yugolsalvian soldiers.

Krämer died immediately from shots fired and Grüner succumbed to his wounds later at the hospital.

[12] They approached Yugoslavia troops, who said they would show them where the graves were and help them return.

[3] Unable to get away, Krämer was shot in the head and died immediately after the wound.

[14][13] In reaction to the journalist's deaths, people opened their eyes to the dangers that these men face on a day-to-day basics just trying to do their jobs.

Precautions were starting to be made in these foreign countries when journalists were traveling.

Kosovo's Serbs feared they would take bloody revenge for what had happened.

[17][18] There is a memorial stone for Grüner and Krämer at the Dulje Pass, Kosovo.