Cengaver Katrancı

Cengaver Katrancı (1964 – October 30, 1972) was a Turkish boy, who lived in West Berlin, in district of Kreuzberg. He drowned in the river Spree, which at the time and in this place was a border between East and West Berlin. In view of the circumstances surrounding the accident Cengaver Katrancı is one of the youngest victims of the Berlin Wall's existence.

The circumstances of accident Cengaver Katrancı (4th picture from the bottom) on the memorial plaque at the May-Ayim-Ufer. On 30 October 1972, at approximately 13:00, eight-year-old Cengaver Katrancı, together with a friend, were feeding swans on the River Spree (Gröbenufer street, A West Berlin fire department, including two divers, was alerted, but could not intervene after they unsuccessfully attempted to obtain permission for the entry into the river. who died in similar circumstances in the same place or nearby. The remaining three children: 5 year old Siegfried Kroboth, 6 year old Giuseppe Savoca and 5 year old Çetin Mert.

Legal consequences After this accident, West Berlin Senate has taken the negotiations with the GDR with the result, that in 1975 entered into force the treaty between the two German countries on cooperation in rescue operations at boundary waters.