Karl-Heinz Fischer

Karl-Heinz Fischer (born June 14, 1934 in Meiningen ; † March 28 or 29, 1971 near Sondheim ) was a fatality on the inner-German border .

Life

Karl-Heinz Fischer, who lived in Meiningen , was married and had two children, broke through the border with the Federal Republic of Germany on the night of March 28-29, 1971. At 10:38 p.m., he set off a mine that tore off his right foot. However, he still managed to cross the border. On March 29, 1971, officers from the Bavarian border police found his body about 800 meters from the border .

On June 12, 1995, the Neuruppin public prosecutor charged Fritz R., the former chief of staff in command of the border troops. For attempted and completed manslaughter in three cases each (including Karl-Heinz Fischer) the Potsdam Regional Court sentenced him on December 16, 1997 to a two-year suspended prison sentence. Lieutenant General Hans W., the former head of the military academy "Friedrich Engels", was charged on February 26, 1999 by the Dresden public prosecutor's office for the death of Karl-Heinz Fischer and four other refugees. The Dresden Regional Court dropped the proceedings on August 18, 2000 because the defendant was unable to stand trial. The public prosecutor in Erfurt charged Burkhardt R. on July 6, 1999. The head of a pioneer company that was responsible for the construction of the mine barriers was sentenced by the Meiningen District Court on December 8, 1999 for manslaughter in two cases to one year and two months imprisonment on probation.

Web links

• Information on Karl-Heinz-Fischer on the website of the SED-State research association of the Free University of Berlin