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Heinz Sokolowski

East German political prisoner

Died when: 47 years 343 days (575 months)
Star Sign: Sagittarius

 

Heinz Sokolowski

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.


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