Heinz Sokolowski
Heinz Sokolowski | |
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| Born | 17 December 1917 |
| Died | 25 November 1965 (aged 47) |
| Cause of death | Shot by a guard whilst attempting to leave |
| Body discovered | Border by Clara-Zetkin-Straße (now Dorotheenstraße) 52°31′03″N 13°22′36″E / 52.5176°N 13.3767°E |
| Monuments | White Crosses, Berlin |
| Known for | Being shot while escaping from East Berlin |
Heinz Sokolowski (17 December 1917 – 25 November 1965) was a German man who became the sixty-fourth known person to die at the Berlin Wall. Sokolowski, a former political prisoner, was shot and killed by East German border troops while attempting to cross the Berlin Wall near to the Brandenburg Gate and the Reichstag building.