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Eva Leitolf 
River Spree, Berlin Friedrichshain 
[German Images - Looking for Evidence 2006-2008] 
2007 
  
C-print 
66.5 x 53.5 cm (image) 81 x 69 cm (sheet) 
  
Provided by the artist - Eva Leitolf 
 
LL/37689 
  
During the night of 25-26 July 1994 a Polish building worker drowned in the River Spree in Berlin. After an argument with a group of young Germans, the forty-five-year-old man and his thirty-six-year-old countryman had been pushed into the water and prevented from swimming to the bank. It was claimed that the events had been triggered by the two Poles pestering two young women. A policeman reported having heard shouts of 'Poles piss off' and 'Don't let the Pole out [of the water]'. The court found no xenophobic motive, saying that the shouts may merely have referred factually to the nationality of the victims. In May 1995 four men aged between nineteen and twenty-five, and two girls aged sixteen and seventeen were found guilty of bodily harm followed by death and given custodial sentences (in some cases suspended) of up to four years. 
 

 
  
 
  
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