Wolfgang Bothe
Wolfgang Bothe (born January 9, 1952 in Magdeburg ; † May 11, 1980 in Halberstadt ) was a fatality on the inner-German border .
Life
Wolfgang Bothe tried to flee to the Federal Republic of Germany as early as 1971 and served a prison sentence after the failed attempt to escape. On April 7, 1980 he made a new attempt to escape near Veltheim am Fallstein . In doing so, he triggered a self-shot system . With serious injuries, including in his brain, he was taken to the Halberstadt district hospital. There was a spastic paralysis of the left side. Finally, after a month in hospital, he died of cardiovascular failure on May 11, 1980.
In a trial for the death of Bothe and five other escape victims who died as a result of self-firing systems or the use of firearms, the responsible former members of the National Defense Council of the GDR were sentenced to four and a half to seven and a half years imprisonment for inciting manslaughter.
literature
- Klaus Marxen , Gerhard Werle : Criminal justice and GDR injustice . Vol. 2/2. Volume: Acts of violence on the German-German border. de Gruyter Recht, Berlin 2002, ISBN 978-3-89949-007-7 , p. 549; limited preview in Google Book search
Web links
- Wolfgang Bothe on the website of the SED State Research Association of the Free University of Berlin
Individual evidence
- ^ Roman Grafe : German Justice: Trials against GDR border guards and their commanders. Siedler Verlag, 2009, ISBN 9783641012359 ; limited preview in Google Book search.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bothe, Wolfgang |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German man, fatality on the inner-German border |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 9, 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Magdeburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 11, 1980 |
| Place of death | Halberstadt |