Heinz Sokolowski
Heinz Sokolowski was a casualty of the Cold War at the Berlin Wall. In addition to being a victim of the Wall, Sokolowski was also a political prisoner East German border troops shot him at the wall between the Brandenburg Gate and the Reichstag during an escape attempt.
Sokolowski was born during the First World War in Frankfurt . Following primary school, he apprenticed as a tailor he then attended a trade school, where he completed his education. He left trade school in order to become a journalist with the Frankfurt Oder Zeitung. He was drafted into the Wehrmacht, and fought in various places he was also used as a war correspondent. He was captured in Russia and was won over to Communism in an Antifa working group.
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