Konrad Schumann

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Konrad Schumann
Schumann leaping over barbed wire into West Berlin on 15 August 1961.
Born	Hans Conrad Schumann (1942-03-28)28 March 1942 Zschochau, Saxony, Nazi Germany
Died	20 June 1998(1998-06-20) (aged 56) Kipfenberg, Oberbayern, Germany
Cause of death	Suicide by hanging
Occupations	Soldier Audi car assembly worker Winery worker
Known for	Defecting from East to West Berlin in 1961
Spouse	Kunigunde Schumann ​ (m. 1962)​
Children	1
Military career
Allegiance	East Germany
Service/branch	Volkspolizei-Bereitschaften

Hans Conrad Schumann, also known as Konrad Schumann (28 March 1942 – 20 June 1998) was an East German Bereitschaftspolizei who escaped to West Germany during the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961.