Hans-Peter Grohganz
Hans-Peter Grohganz (born September 25, 1948 in Premnitz , † before February 9, 1981 in Berlin ) was a victim of the Berlin Wall . He drowned in the Spree while trying to escape from the GDR . Grohganz was recognized by the Center for Contemporary History (ZZF) as the 137th Berlin Wall victim in August 2013 .
Life
Grohganz worked as a driver for the construction and assembly combine Brandenburg / Ost. Out of dissatisfaction with life in the GDR, he applied for an exit visa, but it was rejected. Imprisoned for political reasons, he was given the PM-12 auxiliary card after his release, which identified him as a person wishing to leave the country . Grohganz had to report to the police regularly and was only allowed to stay in assigned locations.
At the beginning of 1981 Grohganz traveled to East Berlin in order to flee from there to the western part of the city. Under unexplained circumstances, he drowned in the Spree. His body floating in the water was discovered on February 9 by a border patrol not far from the Elsen Bridge .
It was not until 2013 that Grohganz's fate was discovered through the evaluation of his Stasi records .
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| SURNAME | Grohganz, Hans-Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German casualty from the Berlin Wall |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 25, 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Premnitz |
| DATE OF DEATH | before February 9, 1981 |
| Place of death | Berlin |