Hans-Peter Hauptmann
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Hans-Peter Hauptmann (born March 20, 1939 in Gittersee , † May 3, 1965 in Berlin ) was a victim of the Berlin Wall . He was shot on April 25, 1965 during a dispute with members of the GDR border troops in front of his house near the border. He succumbed to the injuries on May 3, 1965 in the Berlin-Buch Clinic .
Life
Hans-Peter Hauptmann was born in Gittersee near Dresden in 1939. After employment with the riot police and the people's police , he finally worked at customs in the GDR until he was released after an incident involving border guards. He lived with his wife and four children in the immediate vicinity of the border on Stahnsdorfer Strasse in Potsdam-Babelsberg . As a result, he was often checked by border guards on leaving and returning home. During one of these checks, he threatened the border guards with blows, was temporarily arrested and released from the customs service. He then worked in different professions.
On April 24, 1965, he met two seafarers visiting the capital in a pub. After the pub closed, they went to Hauptmann's apartment with a bottle of schnapps. In the process, they passed a post known to Hans-Peter Hauptmann who allowed them to go into the apartment until the change of post at 3 a.m. despite the lack of a pass. The return only took place after the change of post, so that the new post arrested the two seamen in front of Hans-Peter Hauptmann. He went to his friends, was asked to identify himself and therefore turned around. When the border guard asked him to stop, Hans-Peter Hauptmann went up to him, grabbed the barrel of the AK-47 and began a fight with the border guards, during which the border guards shot two rifle volleys. Hans-Peter Hauptmann hit the ground. The ordered ambulance took too long for the border guards to take it to the Drewitz army hospital in a military truck. There he was operated on and on April 28th transferred to the Berlin-Buch Clinic . He had a kidney removed during another operation. He died of failure of the second kidney on May 3, 1965.
His wife filed charges of negligent homicide against the border guards. The complaint was not followed up. After German reunification, the Berlin public prosecutor began investigations in 1993, which resulted in self-defense being discontinued. A total of six shots hit the dead: three in the upper arms and two grazed the forearms. The fatal shot hit him in the back from behind.
literature
- Hans-Hermann Hertle, Maria Nooke : The victims of the Berlin Wall 1961–1989. A biographical manual . Ch. Links, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-86153-517-1 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Captain, Hans-Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German casualty from the Berlin Wall |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 20, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Grid lake |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 3, 1965 |
| Place of death | Berlin |