Amok run in Eppstein-Vockenhausen
The rampage in Eppstein-Vockenhausen occurred on June 3, 1983 in the Freiherr-vom-Stein school in the Eppstein district of Vockenhausen . The 34-year-old Czech Karel Charva (1948–1983) killed five people and then himself. 14 other people were injured, some of them seriously. The act is one of the most momentous rampages at a school in Germany since 1945.
Sequence of events
At around 10:45 am, the recognized refugee Karel Charva entered the classroom of a sixth grade at the Freiherr-vom-Stein-Schule and opened fire on the teacher Franz-Adolf Gehlhaar . He was hit by eight shots, but survived. Charva fired from two pistols at the students and at the headmaster of the school, Hans-Peter Schmitt, who had rushed up from a neighboring room. Schmitt and three students (Stefanie Herrmann, Javier Martinez and Gabriele Siebert) were killed.
Police officer Gisbert Beck , who was involved in traffic education in the schoolyard , confronted the gunman unarmed and was shot by Charva. When the Eppstein police arrived at the scene, the perpetrator barricaded himself in a classroom and finally killed himself.
Perpetrator
Karel Charva fled to Germany after the intervention of the Warsaw Pact troops in 1968 during the Prague Spring ; from 1971 he was granted political asylum . Most recently he worked for a security company in Frankfurt.
Others
In 2013, a roundabout in Flörsheim am Main was named after Gisbert Beck.
In 2019, the author Roman Grafe comprehensively documented the causes, course and consequences of the Eppstein school massacre in his book Fun and Death. From the sports gun mania . Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle 2019, ISBN 978-3-96311-128-0 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stein School: Commemoration of the attack 30 years ago. Eppsteiner Zeitung, June 6, 2013, accessed on November 10, 2017 .
- ↑ Gunman causes bloodbath in Eppstein-Vockenhausen, June 3, 1983. Contemporary history in Hesse. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- ^ Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Google News archive search. Retrieved November 7, 2017 .
- ↑ Memorial plaque for a heroic person. (No longer available online.) Höchst Kreisblatt, February 20, 2013, archived from the original on November 7, 2017 ; accessed on November 7, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
