Alois Bauer (resistance fighter)

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Alois Bauer (born May 23, 1926 in Olešnice na Moravě , † April 14, 1945 in Brno ) was a member of the illegal group Předvoj participant in the resistance 1939-1945 against the occupation of Czechoslovakia . Together with his cousin Vladimír Blažka , he committed the attack on August Gölzer . August Gölzer , a representative of the occupying power in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia , was the second highest SS officer after Reinhard Heydrich to be assassinated in the Protectorate.

Life

Alois Bauer worked in a bakery in Brno after completing his general school education. In February 1945 he and his cousin Vladimír Blažka joined the Czech resistance group Předvoj , in which he worked under the code name "Sochor". In Předvoj, Bauer - like his cousin Vladimír Blažka - according to some sources, was deployed in the operational defense group of Předvoj, in the so-called Národní revoluční armáda (NRA, National Revolutionary Army).

The attack in Brno

Shortly after joining the Předvoj resistance group, cousins ​​Bauer and Blažka attempted the assassination attempt on August Gölzer , a high-ranking SS Hauptsturmführer of the Gestapo in Brno. On the evening of February 7, 1945, they ambushed Gölzer in front of his house and fired four shots at him. The Gestapo immediately imposed a strict blackout on news. Gölzer was operated on, but died that same night. Only on March 22nd did the Gestapo manage to arrest the two resistance fighters. They were transferred to the Gestapo prison Kaunitz student dormitory (Kounicovy koleje). After lengthy and brutal interrogations, they were executed in a courtyard on April 14, 1945 (twelve days before the liberation of Brno) and buried in a mass grave in the city cemetery. After the end of the war, the bodies were exhumed and solemnly reburied.

The coverage of the attack was marginal due to the news blackout by the Gestapo, which prevented a proper reception. The exact circumstances are still in the dark. On the other hand, post-war communist research also showed no interest in the case, partly because a communist member of the resistance group was exposed as an informer.

Honors

Alois Bauer received the Czechoslovak War Cross in memoriam in 1939 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Pamětní kniha obce. Community chronicle of the town of Olešnice, online at: olesnice.cz/ , page 92
  2. ↑ a b c David Hertl: Případ zapomenutého atentátu. (The Case of the Forgotten Assassination) Report by the Český rozhlas radio station from March 4, 2017, online at: plus.rozhlas.cz / ...
  3. ↑ a b Till Janzer: Resistance in the Protectorate: the unknown assassination attempt in Brno. Report by radio station Radio Praha from April 22, 2017, online at: radio.cz / ... (German)
  4. ↑ a b Jiří Skoupý: Případ zapomenutého atentátu. (The case of the forgotten assassination attempt) In: II. Světová. Extra Publishing, Prague 2016, 2016/4, ISSN 1805-0298, pp. 22-25, quoted. according to material from the Brno City Encyclopedia, online at (cache): encyklopedie.brna.cz / ... , page 2
  5. ↑ a b Alois Bauer. Brief curriculum vitae of the Brno City Encyclopedia, online at: encyklopedie.brna.cz/...12015
  6. ↑ a b Atentát na Augusta Gölzera v Brně. Material from the Brno City Encyclopedia, online at: encyklopedie.brna.cz / ...
personal data
SURNAME Bauer, Alois
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sochor (alias in the resistance)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czechoslovak resistance fighter and assassin
DATE OF BIRTH May 23, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Olešnice na Moravě
DATE OF DEATH April 14, 1945
Place of death Brno