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- Former East German leader, Egon Krenz, was sentenced to six and a half years in prison on 25 August 1997. Krenz was convicted on four charges of incitement to manslaughter relating to people shot dead while escaping to West Berlin via the Berlin Wall. He later appealed to the European Court of Human Rights, which upheld the conviction.
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In 1997, Krenz was sentenced to six-and-a-half years' imprisonment for Cold War crimes, specifically manslaughter of four Germans attempting to escape East Germany over the Berlin Wall. He was also charged with electoral fraud , along with other criminal offences.
A court in Berlin has sentenced the former East German leader, Egon Krenz, to six-and-a-half years in prison. Krenz, 59, was convicted of instigating a shoot-to-kill policy employed by...
Aug 25, 1997 · Egon Krenz, last leader of East Germany, was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to six and a half years in prison for the border killings of people trying to go to the West.
May 24, 2024 · Former East German leader, Egon Krenz, was sentenced to six and a half years in prison on 25 August 1997. Krenz was convicted on four charges of incitement to manslaughter relating to...
Aug 26, 1997 · Egon Krenz, last hard-line Communist leader of East Germany, is sentenced by German court to six years in prison for being responsible for shooting deaths of people trying to cross Berlin Wall...
Aug 26, 1997 · Egon Krenz, East Germany’s last hard-line Communist leader, was sentenced to 6 1/2 years in prison after 115 days of testimony and evidence in what has come to be known here as “the...
Jan 14, 2000 · Former East German leader Egon Krenz has started a six-and-a-half-year jail sentence after surrendering himself to prison authorities. Krenz was convicted of being responsible for a...
