Kay Mierendorff

Kay Mierendorff (born June 3, 1946 in Berlin , † October 10, 2012 in Naples , Florida ) was a West Berlin escape helper.

Life

He was a nephew of the politician Carlo Mierendorff . He helped over 1000 GDR citizens to flee to West Berlin and only narrowly escaped death in 1982 by an explosives attack by the Ministry for State Security . His wife died of its late effects.

Web links

Hans-Gerd Pyka, Jürgen Weiske (ed.): "Der Wels. Freedom or dictatorship" , epubli , August 31, 2016
An escape helper - a person - is no longer an association June 17, 1953 eV
Ingo von Münch : "I have to go out - but how?" , Die Welt , August 13, 2001

Individual evidence

^ Sven Felix Kellerhoff : Mielke's mafia methods . In: Berliner Morgenpost , January 31, 2010. Accessed December 15, 2012.
↑ Tomas Kittan: The escape helper who was hunted mercilessly by the Stasi . In: BZ , October 16, 2012. Retrieved December 15, 2012.
↑ Old pig, we're going to shoot you. How a handful of commercial escape helpers endanger traffic in Berlin . In: Der Spiegel . No. 9 , 1978, p. 46-52 ( online ).

personal data
SURNAME	Mierendorff, Kay
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German escape agent
DATE OF BIRTH	June 3, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH	Berlin
DATE OF DEATH	October 10, 2012
Place of death	Naples , Florida

[1] Sven Felix Kellerhoff : Mielke's mafia methods . In: Berliner Morgenpost , January 31, 2010. Accessed December 15, 2012.

[2] Tomas Kittan: The escape helper who was hunted mercilessly by the Stasi . In: BZ , October 16, 2012. Retrieved December 15, 2012.

[3] Old pig, we're going to shoot you. How a handful of commercial escape helpers endanger traffic in Berlin . In: Der Spiegel . No. 9 , 1978, p. 46-52 ( online ).