Klaus Körner (border victim)
Klaus Körner (born July 21, 1939 in Arnstadt ; † November 15, 1962 near Untersuhl ) was a fatality on the inner-German border .
Life
Klaus Körner fled to the Federal Republic in the summer of 1962. On November 15, 1962, he tried to cross the border in the direction of GDR together with Erich Janschke . They set off a mine that fatally injured them. The GDR border guards noticed the detonation, but suspected a wild boar to be the cause. On December 14, 1962, their decomposed corpses were discovered while repairing the wire barrier. This had far-reaching consequences. The then head of the border command of the NVA, Erich Peter , ordered that the cause of mine explosions be found out in future. The Deputy Minister for National Defense, Waldemar Verner , informed Erich Honecker , who was then Central Committee secretary for security issues, that in future the problem of weed destruction in the border strip would be "more appropriately tackled".
The officer responsible for laying the mines was acquitted in April 2001 by the Mühlhausen district court, as the dead had consciously accepted the risk of explosion.
literature
- Reinhold Albert , Hans-Jürgen Salier : Borderline experiences compact: the border regime between Southern Thuringia and Bavaria / Hesse from 1945 to 1990. Salier 2009, ISBN 3-939-6113-52 , p. 95.
- Heiner Sauer, Hans-Otto Plumeyer: The Salzgitter Report: the central registration office reports on crimes in the SED state. Ullstein 1993, ISBN 3-548-3498-03 , p. 265.
Web links
- Information about Klaus Körner on the website of the SED State Research Association of the Free University of Berlin
Individual evidence
- ↑ Volker Koop : Destroy the enemy: the border security of the GDR. Bouvier 1996, ISBN 3-416-0263-30 , p. 345.
- ^ Rudolf Augstein : Der Spiegel, Volume 45, Issues 23-26 1991, p. 62.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Koerner, Klaus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German workers, fatalities on the inner-German border |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 21, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Arnstadt |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 15, 1962 |
| Place of death | at Untersuhl |