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Hartmut Tautz

1968–1986Local figure

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Every place in this city with a documented tie to this person.

  • Lived here

    Družba Student Dormitory

    He lodged at Družba for a week immediately before attempting to cross the Iron Curtain into Austria.

  • Commemorated here

    Hartmut Tautz Memorial

    The memorial marks the 1986 escape attempt in which the aspiring clarinetist was fatally attacked by Czechoslovak Border Guard dogs.

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