Winfried Freudenberg ✓ Source-based rising Last person to die escaping from East Germany
Lived 1956 to 1989 · aged 32 Fame 50.3
Momentum 19.2
Languages 11
In century #59,264
Winfried Freudenberg was the last person to die in an attempt to escape from East Germany to West Berlin across the Berlin Wall as he fell from an improvised gas balloon at high altitude over West Berlin.
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Lived 1956 to 1989 · aged 32
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Score breakdown Momentum 19
Historical 10
Attention shift 100
Source confidence 60
Completeness 50
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