Alfred Bunzol

Alfred Bunzol (born May 31, 1907 in Bielschowitz ; † 1951 ) was a German resistance fighter against National Socialism . Bunzol spent eight years of his life in the Buchenwald concentration camp until he was liberated on April 11, 1945 by the American army .

Life

Bunzol was born on May 31, 1907 as the son of Alfons Bunzol in a family of miners in Upper Silesia . His father died in the First World War in 1914 . In Bielschowitz he attended elementary school for eight years. After leaving school, he worked as a miner in the shaft. In February 1927 he became a member of the KJVD and the union. In 1930 he became a member of the KPD . At the same time he became a member of the district leadership of the KPD district of Upper Silesia. In September 1930 he was sent to the Lenin School in Moscow by the district administration . Since March 1933 he lived illegally and organized an illegal party work of the KPD in Upper Silesia. On December 4, 1933, he was arrested for the first time and taken to the Gestapo in Hindenburg . After months of imprisonment in the Oppen court prison, he was transferred by the Gestapo to the Lichtenburg concentration camp in May 1934 and released from there on September 1, 1934. On August 8, 1935, Alfred Bunzol was arrested for the second time by the Gestapo Hindenburg on suspicion of illegal work for the KPD. Since August 8, 1935, he has been in custody without interruption, of which he spent eight years of his life in the Buchenwald concentration camp from July 31, 1937 ; until its liberation on April 11, 1945 by the American army. Alfred Bunzol had the prisoner number 738.

In 1946 he wrote the book "The Experiences of a Political Prisoner in the Buchenwald Concentration Camp", published by Thüringer Volksverlag , Weimar .

Web links

• Literature by and about Alfred Bunzol in the catalog of the German National Library