Hilmar Brinkmann

Hilmar Brinkmann (born November 16, 1939 in Rieder (Ballenstedt) , † May 28, 1965 near Schnackenburg ) was a fatality on the inner-German border .

Life

Hilmar Brinkmann grew up as the son of a mechanic and a seamstress in Rieder. After finishing school, he completed an apprenticeship as a precision mechanic at VEB Messgeräte Quedlinburg. He belonged to the FDJ , but was mainly involved in volunteering in the German Red Cross . From 1961 to 1964 Brinkmann completed a diploma course in the field of industrial, measurement, control and regulation technology at the engineering school for precision engineering in Jena . He then worked at VEB Chemische Werke Buna in Schkopau .

After visiting his sister in Magdeburg at the end of May 1965, he attempted to escape across the Elbe . On June 8, 1965, his body was discovered by the West German water police near Schnackenburg. According to the autopsy findings , he died from drowning or heart failure; external influences could be ruled out. Brinkmann's body was cremated and the urn was transferred to his family in the GDR for burial.

literature

Jochen Staadt , Klaus Schroeder (ed.): The victims of the GDR border regime on the inner-German border 1949–1989. A biographical manual . Wissenschaftsverlag Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main 2017, pp. 228–229, ISBN 978-3-7425-0119-6 (licensed edition for the Federal Agency for Civic Education )

Web links

Information on Hilmar Brinkmann on the website of the SED State Research Association of the Free University of Berlin

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Jochen Staadt , Klaus Schroeder (ed.): The victims of the GDR border regime on the inner-German border 1949–1989. A biographical manual . Wissenschaftsverlag Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main 2017, pp. 228-229 ISBN 978-3-7425-0119-6 (licensed edition for the Federal Agency for Civic Education )

personal data
SURNAME	Brinkmann, Hilmar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German precision mechanic, fatality on the inner-German border
DATE OF BIRTH	November 16, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH	Rieder (Ballenstedt)
DATE OF DEATH	May 28, 1965
Place of death	at Schnackenburg

[bio-1] Jochen Staadt , Klaus Schroeder (ed.): The victims of the GDR border regime on the inner-German border 1949–1989. A biographical manual . Wissenschaftsverlag Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main 2017, pp. 228-229 ISBN 978-3-7425-0119-6 (licensed edition for the Federal Agency for Civic Education )