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Conrad Schumann

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The Resume

    (March 28, 1942-June 20, 1998)
    Died in Oberemmendorf, Germany
    Escaped from Berlin's Communist (Eastern) sector by leaping over a barb wire fence

Why he might be annoying:

    He was the first of 2000 soldiers to escape to West Berlin.
    He refused to visit remaining family in East Germany fearing reprisals.
    He battled depression.
    He hanged himself at 56.

Why he might not be annoying:

    At 19, he was a soldier guarding the construction of the Berlin Wall.
    On August 16, 1961, he jumped over a small barb wire fence and into Berlin's Western, non-Communist sector.
    The image, photographed by Peter Leibing, is one of the most famous of the Cold War era.
    He said he felt 'truly free' when the Berlin Wall crumbled in November 1989.

Credit: Black Chic


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 31 Votes: 29.03% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 20 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 23 Votes: 52.17% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 13 Votes: 23.08% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 22 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 62 Votes: 38.71% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 40 Votes: 32.50% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 98 Votes: 46.94% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 97 Votes: 40.21% Annoying