page_title: Egon Schultz
hierarchical_section_title: Egon Schultz
caption_attribution_description: For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. ADN-ZB / Brüggmann 13.8.1971 Berlin: Ehrung für Unteroffizier Egon Schultz. - Anlässlich des 10. Jahrestages der Errichtung des antifaschistischen Schutzwalles gedachten am 13. Aug. 1971 die Eltern, Soldaten und Offiziere der Grenztruppen sowie die Bevölkerung der DDR-Hauptstadt des am 5. Okt. 1964 bei der Ausübung seines Dienstes zum Schutz der Staatsgrenze von Westberliner Agenten ermordeten Unteroffiziers Egon Schultz.
context_page_description: Egon Schultz was a German sergeant of the East German Border Troops who became the fifty-second known person to die at the Berlin Wall. While responding to the discovery of “Tunnel 57, ” Schultz was killed during a shootout with the tunnelers. Schultz subsequently became a national hero in East Germany, with hundreds of memorials and schools named in his honor. His death caused a public sensation in both East Germany and West Germany. Following the reunification of Germany and the report that Schultz was actually killed as a result of friendly fire, many of the memorials to Schultz were removed, although a new memorial plaque was erected at his death site at Strelitzer Strasse 55, Berlin, in 2004.
context_section_description: Egon Schultz (4 January 1943 – 5 October 1964) was a German sergeant of the East German Border Troops who became the fifty-second known person to die at the Berlin Wall. While responding to the discovery of “Tunnel 57,” Schultz was killed during a shootout with the tunnelers. Schultz subsequently became a national hero in East Germany, with hundreds of memorials and schools named in his honor. His death caused a public sensation in both East Germany and West Germany. Following the reunification of Germany and the report that Schultz was actually killed as a result of friendly fire, many of the memorials to Schultz were removed, although a new memorial plaque was erected at his death site at Strelitzer Strasse 55, Berlin, in 2004.
caption: Memorial service at the scene of Egon Schultz's death, on the tenth anniversary of the Wall (13 August 1971)
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