Norbert Wolscht

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Norbert Wolscht (born October 27, 1943 in Gryfów Śląski, died on July 28, 1964 in Potsdam) - a death toll on the Berlin Wall died due to drowning in Havel while trying to escape to West Berlin. Curriculum vitae

Norbert Wolscht was born in Gryfów Śląski. After the end of World War II and the takeover of the town by the Polish administration, deprived of the captive father, the family was forced to leave. After a short stay in Zgorzelec, she finally settled in Saxony's Freiberg, where her relatives also lived. There, Wolscht also met his future escape companion - Rainer Gneiser. After finishing school, he started learning the profession of a turner while dreaming about living in the south of Africa. From the summer of 1963, along with an unsuccessful escape from the GDR, he planned a personal attempt to leave the country. Together, training and swimming, they also began to build the appropriate diving equipment.

On July 25, 1964, both men, under the guise of camping, went on a motorcycle towards Potsdam. Their purpose was probably underwater passage from the lake Tiefer See located there by Havel's waters to West Berlin. Wolscht's corpse was found by the border guards of the GDR on 28 July, a week later on the Havel waterfront on the Potsdam district of Babelsberg, the body of Rainer Gneiser was also found. The conducted forensic examination showed that Wolscht's death occurred on July 28 at about 2:00 am due to carbon monoxide poisoning - the device built by itself did not ensure proper filtering of this substance. The police investigation was explicitly concluded by the statement that the victims died only as a result of an unfortunate accident.

As the last documented life sign of Norbert Wolsch, a consignment note from July 27 was secured, with which the deceased sent back some of the camping equipment to parents.



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