Manfred Portwich (26)

The colleague Manfred Portwich died on 27.10.1951. Together with a colleague he was on duty at the border. It became known that a Porsche driver had evaded border control. On this day, a Porsche drove towards the colleague Manfred Portwich and his colleague. The vehicle was stopped by colleague Manfred Portwich. Colleague Manfred Portwich secured this action. His colleague asked the Porsche driver to get out and raise his hands. He initially complied with this request. Suddenly, the Porsche driver pulled out a pistol and shot at the colleagues. In doing so, he fatally shot his colleague Manfred Portwich. Due to a malfunction of his weapon, he had no chance to survive the fire.