Antoni Bolt
Antoni Hieronim Bolt (born September 30, 1891 in Przysiersk , Gmina Bukowiec ; died December 1941 in Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp ) was a Polish lawyer , local politician and mayor of Toruń . He was active in the Stronnictwo Narodowe .
Life
Bolt was born the son of Antoni (1830-1899) and Melani Bolt, nee Halk-Łebińskiej (1865-1939). He attended a humastic high school in Bydgoszcz and then studied law at the universities of Freiburg , Geneva , Berlin and Halle an der Saale . After graduating, he worked as a trainee lawyer in Wejherowo and Danzig .
During the First World War he worked in Gdansk from the demobilization until 1920. He then went to Greater Poland and worked there at the court and the Ministerstwo byłej Dzielnicy Pruskiej (Ministry for the formerly Prussian partition). From 1932 he was a member of the Disciplinary Court at the Bar Association.
On May 7, 1924, the City Council of Toruń elected him mayor . He held this position for three legislative terms until July 29, 1936. During his twelve-year presidency, Toruń grew into one of the largest medium-sized Polish cities . In 1938 Bolt was elected to the Toruń City Council and belonged to the klubowe narodowe .
The Gestapo took him prisoner in Pyzdry , where he was hiding from the occupiers. He was interned in Inowrocław and murdered in Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in December 1941 . The Ulica Bolta in Toruń is named after Bolt .
family
Bolt married Halina Schedlin-Czarlińska (1888–1981), who worked at the Toruń City Theater .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Toruńscy Boltowie - bohaterowie międzywojnia , last accessed April 12, 2020.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bolt, Antoni |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bolt, Antoni Hieronim |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish lawyer and mayor of Toruń |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 30, 1891 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Przysiersk |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 1941 |
| Place of death | Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp |