Died trying to Escape Putin Style Freedom No. Name Date of birth Date of death Age Role Event details 1 Ida Siekmann [9][10][11][12] 23 August 1902 22 August 1961 58 Escapee Jumped out the window of her apartment 2 Günter Litfin [25] 19 January 1937 24 August 1961 24 Escapee Shot in Humboldt Harbour 3 Roland Hoff [26] 19 March 1934 29 August 1961 27 Escapee Shot in the Teltow Canal 4 Rudolf Urban [27] 6 June 1914 17 September 1961 47 Escapee Fell while climbing out the window of his apartment and died of pneumonia in hospitala 5 Olga Segler [28] 31 July 1881 26 September 1961 80 Escapee Jumped from her home at 34 Bernauer Straße and died a day later from internal injuries 6 Bernd Lünser [29] 11 March 1939 4 October 1961 22 Escapee Fell from the roof at 44 Bernauer Straße while fighting with GDR border patrol 7 Udo Düllick [30] 8 March 1936 5 October 1961 25 Escapee Drowned in the Spree 8 Werner Probst [31] 18 June 1936 14 October 1961 25 Escapee Shot in the Spree 9 Lothar Lehmann [32] 28 January 1942 26 November 1961 19 Escapee Drowned in the Havel 10 Dieter Wohlfahrt [33] 27 May 1941 9 December 1961 20 Escapee Shot while helping others to escape 11 Ingo Krüger [34] 31 January 1940 10 December 1961 21 Escapee Drowned in the Spree – defective diving equipment 12 Georg Feldhahn [35] 12 August 1941 19 December 1961 20 No intention Drowned in the Spree after desertion; body found on 11 March 1962 13 Dorit Schmiel [36] 25 April 1941 19 February 1962 20 Escapee Shot 14 Heinz Jercha [37] 1 July 1937 27 March 1962 24 Escapee Shot 15 Philipp Held [38] 2 May 1942 April 1962 19 Escapee Drowned in the Spree on or after 8 April; body found on 22 April 16 Klaus Brueske [39] 14 September 1938 18 April 1962 23 Escapee Suffocatedb 17 Peter Böhme [40] 17 August 1942 18 April 1962 19 Escapee Shot in a fire-fight 18 Jörgen Schmidtchen [41] 28 June 1941 18 April 1962 20 Guard Shot by escapee Peter Böhme 19 Horst Frank [42] 7 May 1942 29 April 1962 19 Escapee Shot 20 Peter Göring [7][43] 28 December 1940 23 May 1962 21 Guard Shot; stray bullet from West Berlin police 21 Lutz Haberlandt [44] 29 April 1938 27 May 1962 24 Escapee Shot 22 Axel Hannemann [45] 27 April 1945 5 June 1962 17 Escapee Shot in the Spree 23 Erna Kelm [46] 21 July 1908 11 June 1962 53 Escapee Drowned in the Havel 24 Wolfgang Glöde [47] 1 February 1949 11 June 1962 13 No intention Shot accidentally by a guard showing him his AK-47 25 Reinhold Huhn [48] 8 March 1942 18 June 1962 20 Guard Shot by escapees 26 Siegfried Noffke [49] 9 December 1939 28 June 1962 22 Escapee Shot 27 Peter Fechter [50] 14 January 1944 17 August 1962 18 Escapee Shot 28 Hans-Dieter Wesa [51] 10 January 1943 23 August 1962 19 Escapee Shot 29 Ernst Mundt [52] 2 December 1921 4 September 1962 40 Escapee Shot 30 Günter Seling [53] 28 April 1940 30 September 1962 22 Guard Shot by accident 31 Anton Walzer [54] 27 April 1902 8 October 1962 60 Escapee Shot in the Spree 32 Horst Plischke [55] 12 July 1932 19 November 1962 30 Escapee Drowned in the Spree; body found on 10 March 1963 33 Otfried Reck [56] 14 December 1944 27 November 1962 17 Escapee Shot 34 Günter Wiedenhöft [57] 14 February 1942 5 December 1962 20 Escapee Drowned 35 Hans Räwel [58] 11 December 1942 1 January 1963 20 Escapee Shot in the Spree 36 Horst Kutscher [59] 5 July 1931 15 January 1963 31 Escapee Shot 37 Peter Kreitlow [60] 15 January 1943 24 January 1963 20 Escapee Shot by Soviet troops 38 Wolf-Olaf Muszynski [61] 1 February 1947 February 1963/ March 1963 16 Escapee Drowned in the Spree 39 Peter Mädler [24] 10 July 1943 26 April 1963 19 Escapee Shot in the Teltow Canal 40 Siegfried Widera [62] 12 February 1941 8 September 1963 22 Guard Bludgeoned with a metal rod on 23 August 1963 41 Klaus Schröter [63] 21 February 1940 4 November 1963 23 Escapee Drowned in the Spree after being shot 42 Dietmar Schulz [64] 21 October 1939 25 November 1963 24 Escapee Hit by a train 43 Dieter Berger [65] 27 October 1939 13 December 1963 24 No intention Shot while drunkenly climbing the fence 44 Paul Schultz [66] 2 October 1945 25 December 1963 18 Escapee Shot 45 Walter Hayn [67] 31 January 1939 27 February 1964 25 Escapee Shot 46 Adolf Philipp [68] 13 August 1943 5 May 1964 20 No intention Shot after threatening the border guards with a gun 47 Walter Heike [69] 20 September 1934 22 June 1964 29 Escapee Shot 48 Norbert Wolscht [70] 27 October 1943 28 July 1964 20 Escapee Drowned in the Havel 49 Rainer Gneiser [71] 10 November 1944 28 July 1964 19 Escapee Drowned in the Havel 50 Hildegard Trabant [72] 12 June 1927 18 August 1964 37 Escapee Shot while fleeing away from the wall after a failed escape attempt 51 Wernhard Mispelhorn [73] 10 November 1945 20 August 1964 18 Escapee Shot on 18 August 1964 52 Egon Schultz [74] 4 January 1943 5 October 1964 21 Guard Shot accidentally in a fire-fight 53 Hans-Joachim Wolf [75] 8 August 1944 26 November 1964 20 Escapee Shot 54 Joachim Mehr [76] 3 April 1945 3 December 1964 19 Escapee Shot 55 Unidentified man [77] Unknown 19 January 1965 Unknown Escapee Drowned in the Spree 56 Christian Buttkus [78] 21 February 1944 4 March 1965 21 Escapee Shot 57 Ulrich Krzemien [79] 13 September 1940 25 March 1965 24 Unclear Drowned in the Spree 58 Hans-Peter Hauptmann [80] 20 March 1939 3 May 1965 26 No intention Shot on 25 April 1965 during an argument with border guards 59 Hermann Döbler [81] 28 October 1922 15 June 1965 42 No intention Shot after unintentionally piloting his boat too close to the border along the Teltow Canal 60 Klaus Kratzel [82] 3 March 1940 8 August 1965 25 Escapee Hit by a train 61 Klaus Garten [83] 19 July 1941 18 August 1965 24 Escapee Shot 62 Walter Kittel [84] 21 May 1942 18 October 1965 23 Escapee Shot after surrenderingc 63 Heinz Cyrus [85] 5 June 1936 11 November 1965 29 Escapee Fell from the fourth floor of a building he fled to 64 Heinz Sokolowski [86] 17 December 1917 25 November 1965 47 Escapee Shot 65 Erich Kühn [87] 27 February 1903 3 December 1965 62 Escapee Peritonitis after being shot 66 Heinz Schöneberger [88] 7 June 1938 26 December 1965 27 Escapee Shot 67 Dieter Brandes [89] 23 October 1946 11 January 1966 19 Escapee Circulatory failure after being shot on 9 June 1965 68 Willi Block [90] 5 June 1934 7 February 1966 31 Escapee Shot 69 Lothar Schleusener [91] 14 January 1953 14 March 1966 13 Escapee Shot 70 Jörg Hartmann [92] 27 October 1955 14 March 1966 10 Escapee Shot 71 Willi Marzahn [93] 3 June 1944 19 March 1966 21 Escapee Shot in a fire-fight 72 Eberhard Schulz [94] 11 March 1946 30 March 1966 20 Escapee Shot 73 Michael Kollenderd [22] 19 February 1945 25 April 1966 21 Escapee Shot 74 Paul Stretz [95] 28 February 1935 29 April 1966 31 No intention Shot while bathing in the Berlin-Spandau Ship Canal; he had been drinking earlier in the evening. 75 Eduard Wroblewski [96] 3 March 1933 26 July 1966 33 Escapee Shot 76 Heinz Schmidt [23] 26 October 1919 29 August 1966 46 Escapee Shot in the Berlin-Spandau Ship Canal 77 Andreas Senk [97] 1960 13 September 1966 6 No intention Drowned in the Spreee 78 Karl-Heinz Kube [98] 10 April 1949 16 December 1966 17 Escapee Shot 79 Max Sahmland [99] 28 March 1929 27 January 1967 37 Escapee Shot; body discovered on 8 March 1967 80 Franciszek Piesik [100] 23 November 1942 17 October 1967 24 Escapee Drowned 81 Elke Weckeiser [101] 31 October 1945 18 February 1968 22 Escapee Shot 82 Dieter Weckeiser [101] 15 February 1943 19 February 1968 25 Escapee Shot on 18 February 1968 83 Herbert Mende [102] 9 February 1939 10 March 1968 29 No intention Shot on 7 July 1962f 84 Bernd Lehmann [103] 31 July 1949 28 May 1968 18 Escapee Drowned in the Spree 85 Siegfried Krug [104] 22 July 1939 6 July 1968 28 No intention Shot when he tried to surrender 86 Horst Körner [105] 12 July 1947 15 November 1968 21 Escapee Shot 87 Rolf Henniger [106] 30 November 1941 15 November 1968 26 Guard Shot by escapee Horst Körner 88 Johannes Lange [107] 17 December 1940 9 April 1969 28 Escapee Shot 89 Klaus-Jürgen Kluge [108] 25 July 1948 13 September 1969 21 Escapee Shot 90 Leo Lis [109] 10 May 1924 20 September 1969 45 Escapee Shot 91 Eckhard Wehage [110] 8 July 1948 10 March 1970 21 Escapee Suicideg 92 Christel Wehage [110] 15 December 1946 10 March 1970 23 Escapee Suicideg 93 Heinz Müller [111] 16 May 1943 19 June 1970 27 No intention Shot after he fell into the water 94 Willi Born [112] 19 July 1950 7 July 1970 19 Escapee Suicide; failed escape attempt 95 Friedhelm Ehrlich [113] 11 July 1950 2 August 1970 20 No intention Shot after simulating the shooting of a gun to a guard 96 Gerald Thiem [114] 6 September 1928 7 August 1970 41 Unclear Shot 97 Helmut Kliem [115] 2 June 1939 13 November 1970 31 No intention Shot after mistakenly driving up to the border on a motorbike 98 Christian Peter Friese [116] 5 August 1948 25 December 1970 22 Escapee Shot 99 Rolf-Dieter Kabelitz [117] 23 June 1951 30 January 1971 19 Escapee Shot 100 Wolfgang Hoffmann [118] 1 September 1942 15 July 1971 28 No intention Jumped out of a police station window 101 Werner Kühl [119] 10 January 1949 24 July 1971 22 Escapee Shot 102 Dieter Beilig [120] 5 September 1941 2 October 1971 30 No intention Shot; trying to escape through a window after being arrested 103 Horst Kullack [121] 20 November 1948 21 January 1972 23 Escapee Shot on 1 January 1972 104 Manfred Weylandt [122] 12 July 1942 14 February 1972 29 Escapee Drowned in the Spree after being shot 105 Klaus Schulze [123] 13 October 1952 7 March 1972 19 Escapee Shot 106 Cengaver Katrancı [124] 1963 30 October 1972 9 No intention Drowned in the Spreee 107 Holger H. [125] 1971 22 January 1973 1 Escapee Suffocationh 108 Volker Frommann [126] 23 April 1944 5 March 1973 29 Escapee Jumped from a train on 1 March 1973 109 Horst Einsiedel [127] 8 February 1940 15 March 1973 33 Escapee Shot 110 Manfred Gertzki [128] 17 May 1942 27 April 1973 30 Escapee Shot/drowned in the Spree 111 Siegfried Kroboth [129] 1968 14 May 1973 5 No intention Drowned in the Spreee 112 Burkhard Niering [130] 1 September 1950 5 January 1974 23 Escapee Shot 113 Johannes Sprenger [131] 3 December 1905 10 May 1974 68 Suicidei Shot 114 Giuseppe Savoca [132] 22 April 1968 15 June 1974 6 No intention Drowned in the Spreee 115 Herbert Halli [133] 24 November 1953 3 April 1975 21 Escapee Shot 116 Çetin Mert [134] 11 May 1970 11 May 1975 5 No intention Drowned in the Spreee 117 Herbert Kiebler [135] 24 March 1952 27 June 1975 23 Escapee Shot 118 Lothar Hennig [136] 30 June 1954 5 November 1975 21 No intention Shot near to the border while running home 119 Dietmar Schwietzer [137] 21 February 1958 16 February 1977 18 Escapee Shot 120 Henri Weise [138] 13 July 1954 May 1977 22 Escapee Drowned in the Spree; body found on 27 July 1977 121 Ulrich Steinhauer [139] 13 March 1956 4 November 1980 24 Guard Shot by a deserting colleague 122 Marienetta Jirkowsky [140] 25 August 1962 22 November 1980 18 Escapee Shot 123 Johannes Muschol [141] 31 May 1949 16 March 1981 31 Unclear Shot 124 Hans-Jürgen Starrost [142] 24 June 1954 16 April 1981 26 Escapee Shot 125 Thomas Taubmann [143] 22 July 1955 12 December 1981 26 Escapee Jumped from a train 126 Lothar Fritz Freie [144] 8 February 1955 6 June 1982 27 No intention Shot; found in a restricted area 127 Silvio Proksch [145] 3 March 1962 25 December 1983 21 Escapee Shot 128 Michael Schmidt [146] 20 October 1964 1 December 1984 20 Escapee Shot 129 Rainer Liebeke [147] 11 September 1951 3 September 1986 34 Escapee Drowned in the Sacrower See 130 Manfred Mäder [148] 23 August 1948 21 November 1986 38 Escapee Shot alongside René Groß 131 René Groß [149] 1 May 1964 21 November 1986 22 Escapee Shot alongside Manfred Mäder 132 Michael Bittner [150] 31 August 1961 24 November 1986 25 Escapee Shot 133 Lutz Schmidt [151] 8 July 1962 12 February 1987 24 Escapee Shot 134 Ingolf Diederichs [152] 13 April 1964 13 January 1989 24 Escapee Jumped from a train 135 Chris Gueffroy [14][153] 21 June 1968 5 February 1989 20 Escapee Shot 136 Winfried Freudenberg [13][14] 29 August 1956 8 March 1989 32 Escapee Balloon
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