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Konrad Schumann
Schumann leaping over barbed wire into West Berlin on 15 August 1961.
Born
Hans Conrad Schumann
(1942-03-28)28 March 1942
Zschochau, Saxony, Nazi Germany
Died
20 June 1998(1998-06-20) (aged 56)
Kipfenberg, Oberbayern, Germany
Cause of death
Suicide by hanging
Occupations
Soldier
Audi car assembly worker
Winery worker
Known for
Defecting from East to West Berlin in 1961
Spouse
Kunigunde Schumann
(m. 1962)
Children
1
Military career
Allegiance
East Germany
Service/branch
Volkspolizei-Bereitschaften
Hans Conrad Schumann, also known as Konrad Schumann (28 March 1942 – 20 June 1998) was an East German Bereitschaftspolizei who escaped to West Germany during the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961.
Hans Conrad Schumann, also known as KonradSchumann (28 March 1942 – 20 June 1998) was an East German Bereitschaftspolizei who escaped to West Germany...
known for his 1961 photographs of escaping East German border guard, KonradSchumann jumping a barbed wire fence during construction of the Berlin Wall...
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associated with the Wall Günter Schabowski Riccardo Ehrman Erich Honecker KonradSchumann Walter Ulbricht David Hasselhoff Jutta Fleck The Wall in speeches "Ich...
associated with the Wall Günter Schabowski Riccardo Ehrman Erich Honecker KonradSchumann Walter Ulbricht David Hasselhoff Jutta Fleck The Wall in speeches "Ich...
associated with the Wall Günter Schabowski Riccardo Ehrman Erich Honecker KonradSchumann Walter Ulbricht David Hasselhoff Jutta Fleck The Wall in speeches "Ich...
Robert Schumann (German: [ˈʁoːbɛʁt ˈʃuːman]; 8 June 1810 – 29 July 1856) was a German composer, pianist, and influential music critic. He is widely regarded...
the Royal School of Applied Arts in Munich, was born at Kipfenberg. KonradSchumann (1942–1998), a former soldier for East Berlin hung himself in an orchard...
associated with the Wall Günter Schabowski Riccardo Ehrman Erich Honecker KonradSchumann Walter Ulbricht David Hasselhoff Jutta Fleck The Wall in speeches "Ich...
defectors include writer Wolfgang Leonhard, East German soldier Conrad Schumann, who was famously photographed jumping the Berlin wall while it was under...
Secretary of State), Lucius D. Clay (the former US administrator of Germany), Konrad Adenauer (the German chancellor), Willy Brandt, the Mayor of Berlin and...
associated with the Wall Günter Schabowski Riccardo Ehrman Erich Honecker KonradSchumann Walter Ulbricht David Hasselhoff Jutta Fleck The Wall in speeches "Ich...
population, led by West Berlin Mayor Willy Brandt and West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer.[citation needed][dubious – discuss] Berlin Crisis of 1958–1959...
associated with the Wall Günter Schabowski Riccardo Ehrman Erich Honecker KonradSchumann Walter Ulbricht David Hasselhoff Jutta Fleck The Wall in speeches "Ich...
had its windows boarded and later bricked up. On 15 August 1961, Conrad Schumann was the first East German border guard to escape by jumping the barbed...
associated with the Wall Günter Schabowski Riccardo Ehrman Erich Honecker KonradSchumann Walter Ulbricht David Hasselhoff Jutta Fleck The Wall in speeches "Ich...
associated with the Wall Günter Schabowski Riccardo Ehrman Erich Honecker KonradSchumann Walter Ulbricht David Hasselhoff Jutta Fleck The Wall in speeches "Ich...
associated with the Wall Günter Schabowski Riccardo Ehrman Erich Honecker KonradSchumann Walter Ulbricht David Hasselhoff Jutta Fleck The Wall in speeches "Ich...
associated with the Wall Günter Schabowski Riccardo Ehrman Erich Honecker KonradSchumann Walter Ulbricht David Hasselhoff Jutta Fleck The Wall in speeches "Ich...
Global Information
East Germany