East German man who died trying to cross the Berlin Wall
Winfried Freudenberg
Born
(1956-08-29)29 August 1956
Osterwieck, East Germany
Died
8 March 1989(1989-03-08) (aged 32)
Zehlendorf, West Berlin, West Germany
Cause of death
Home-made gas balloon crash whilst attempting to leave East Berlin 52°25′47″N13°13′26″E / 52.4297°N 13.2239°E / 52.4297; 13.2239 (Empty balloon found in branches of a tree)
Body discovered
Backyard of a garden villa in Zehlendorf 52°26′22″N13°13′54″E / 52.4394°N 13.2318°E / 52.4394; 13.2318 (Vicinity of Winfried Freudenberg crash site)
Occupation
Electrical Engineer
Known for
Last fatality in an attempt to defect from East Germany across the Berlin Wall
Winfried Freudenberg (29 August 1956 – 8 March 1989) was the last person to die in an attempt to escape from East Germany to West Berlin across the Berlin Wall as he fell from an improvised gas balloon at high altitude over West Berlin.[1][2][3]
^Martin Ahrends; Udo Baron & Hans-Hermann Hertle. "Chronicle of the Berlin Wall". Deutschlandradio. Archived from the original on 13 October 2009. Retrieved 19 May 2009.
^"Berlin Pays Tribute to Last Person Shot Crossing Wall". Spiegel Online International. 6 February 2009. Archived from the original on 1 March 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2009.
^"Sachbuch zum Fall Freudenberg "Ich hatte gehofft..."". Penguin books. 17 May 2019. Archived from the original on 8 November 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
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