Heinz Sokolowski
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Heinz Sokolowski (17 December 1917 – 25 November 1965) was a German man who became the sixty-fourth known person to die at the Berlin Wall. Sokolowski, a former political prisoner, was shot and killed by East German border troops while attempting to cross the Berlin Wall near to the Brandenburg Gate and the Reichstag building.[1]
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Born | (1917-12-17)17 December 1917 |
Died | 25 November 1965(1965-11-25) (aged 47) |
Cause of death | Shot by a guard whilst attempting to leave |
Body discovered | Border by Clara-Zetkin-Straße (now Dorotheenstraße) 52.5176°N 13.3767°E / 52.5176; 13.3767 (Site of Heinz Sokolowski fatality) |
Monuments | White Crosses, Berlin |
Known for | Being shot while escaping from East Berlin |
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