About
Remembered as the first person to die during an attempt to cross the Berlin Wall from Soviet-controlled East Berlin to French-administered West Berlin, this woman had a home on the border of the two cities and died from injuries suffered while jumping from her East Berlin window into a West Berlin street.
Before Fame
At the time of her death, she was employed as a nurse.
Trivia
Her image was included on the famous Berlin Wall Memorial, a monument that was visited by such public figures as United States politician Robert Kennedy and Republic of Cyprus President Makarios III.
Family Life
Born and raised in Gorken, West Prussia (modern-day Poland), she and her sister Martha later relocated to Berlin.
Associated With
She was the first person to die while trying to cross the Berlin Wall; Chris Gueffroy, who was shot in 1989, was the last.
