Ingolf Diederichs

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Ingolf Diederichs (born April 13, 1964 in Wismar ; † January 13, 1989 in Berlin ) was a victim of the Berlin Wall . He tried to overcome the border systems of the Berlin Wall between the districts of Prenzlauer Berg and Wedding and was fatally injured when jumping out of a moving S-Bahn. After him, only two other people were killed on the Berlin Wall.

Life

After graduating from school, Ingolf Diedrichs completed an apprenticeship as a maintenance mechanic. He then studied vocational school education at the Technical University of Dresden .

View of the Bösebrücke with the border installations, on the right an East Berlin S-Bahn with the direction of Pankow

In 1989 he decided to flee the GDR. He attempted to escape on January 13th. His plan was to take the S-Bahn from Pankow to Schönhauser Allee and to get off the train at a point near Bornholmer Strasse during the journey. At this point there were only 20 meters between the S-Bahn tracks and West Berlin. That is why the border was secured here with a 5.40 meter high wall, which Ingolf Diederichs wanted to overcome with a folding ladder he had built himself. At around 6.30 p.m. Ingolf Diederichs jumped out of the S-Bahn, but got stuck on the vehicle and was dragged along. He died immediately of severe head injuries. His body was discovered a little later by the driver of a S-Bahn traveling in the opposite direction in the track area 10 meters north of the Bösebrücke .

After the fall of the Wall , the Berlin Public Prosecutor's Office launched an investigation into the circumstances of death in 1994, which the Ministry for State Security disguised as an accident. The investigations ended with the result that third party fault could be excluded.

See also

  • Dietmar Schulz was hit by an S-Bahn while trying to escape in the same section of the border in 1963 and died a little later of his injuries.
  • Klaus Kratzel was hit by an S-Bahn in the same section of the border while attempting to escape and was fatally injured.
  • Volker Frommann died in 1973 while trying to escape as a result of jumping out of a moving S-Bahn in the same section of the border.
  • Thomas Taubmann was run over and fatally injured by a moving freight train while attempting to escape in the same section of the border in 1981.

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SURNAME Diederichs, Ingolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German casualty from the Berlin Wall
DATE OF BIRTH April 13, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Wismar
DATE OF DEATH January 13, 1989
Place of death Berlin