Ulrich Pfeifer
Ulrich Pfeifer (* 1935 in Berlin ) is a former escape helper on the inner-German border .
Career
Pfeifer passed the Abitur in 1953 in Gera and studied civil engineering at the Technical University of Dresden . In 1960 he came to East Berlin as a civil engineer. Four weeks after the wall was built , he fled through the sewer system at the Gleimtunnel to West Berlin, where his mother and sister lived. His girlfriend's attempt to escape the same way was thwarted and in December 1961 she was sentenced to seven years in prison.
He then began to work as an escape helper. In August 1962 he was involved in the construction of a tunnel in Kiefholzstrasse , the construction of which was betrayed, and in the construction of tunnel 29 in Bernauer Strasse , through which on 14./15. September 1962 29 people fled to West Berlin. Other actions in which Pfeifer was involved were from autumn 1962 to February 1963 the tunnel from Bernauer Strasse 79 to Brunnenstrasse 45, which was also prematurely revealed, and a tunnel at the intersection of Bernauer Strasse and Brunnenstrasse in 1971.
From 1972 he worked as a freelance civil engineer in West Berlin.
Honors
- 2012: Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Federal Republic of Germany
Web links
- Ulrich Pfeifer at the Berlin Wall Memorial
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pfeifer, Ulrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German escape agent |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |