Günther Zöller
Günther Zöller (* 1908 in Aachen , † 2002 in Aachen) was a German Major in the era of National Socialism .
Major Zöller had been in command of the Heeresmunitionsanstalt Urlau since March 1, 1945 . The army ammunition facility (Muna) was to be blown up along with the thousands of tons of poison gas ammunition stored there on the basis of the Nero order on the order of the National Socialist Gauleitung. The explosive ammunition was attached in April 1945. Zöller managed, however, to prevent the Muna from being blown up by refusing to give orders . He handed over the depot on April 28, 1945 to the approaching French army units. He saved the Allgäu from a poison gas catastrophe that would have killed thousands of people and made the area uninhabitable for a long time.
Günther Zöller lived again in Aachen after the war, where he worked as an engineer.
Honors
- 2009: Commemorative stele for Major Günther Zöller at the entrance of the former Munagel site in vacation.
literature
- 50 years later. 1945-1995 events, experiences, fates , articles in the Schwäbische Zeitung Leutkirch, Isny , Bad Wurzach, edited by Elmar Scheffold, Leutkirch 1995
- Gebhard Blank, Bettina Kahl, Matthias Hufschmid: The history of the Muna vacation . Leutkirch 2007
Web links
- A beautiful holiday landscape Die Zeit , August 1990
- Muna Urlau website with pictures and documents
- Memorial stone for Günther Zöller at Muna Urlau leutkirch.de
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zöller, Günther |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German major in the time of National Socialism |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1908 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Aachen |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2002 |
| Place of death | Aachen |