Heinrich Günthert

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Heinrich Günthert (born April 3, 1907 in Landau in the Palatinate ; † unknown) was a German railway official.

Career

Günthert completed his studies with a degree in engineering. During the Second World War he was the head of the repair works of the Eastern Railway in the Generalgouvernement and in this function the highest superior of Simon Wiesenthal , who was assigned to forced labor there. Although a National Socialist, he saved Wiesenthal and other forced laborers' lives and was invited by Wiesenthal in 1965 to the wedding celebration of his daughter Paulinka. From June 30, 1959 to April 30, 1972 he was President of the Karlsruhe Federal Railway Directorate .

Honors

literature

  • Palatinate Society for the Promotion of Science: Palatinate Home , ISSN  0031-6679 , Volumes 21-24 (1970), p. 95 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
  • Dipl.-Ing. Heinrich Günthert. 13 years president of the Federal Railway Directorate Karlsruhe. In: Die Pfalz am Rhein, Volumes 44–45 (1971), p. 112 ( limited preview in Google book search).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rolf Vogel: The echo: Echoes of Simon Wiesenthal . Busse-Seewald, Stuttgart 1979, ISBN 3-512-00567-5 ( limited preview in Google book search).
  2. ↑ Simon Wiesenthal: Right, not revenge: memories . Ullstein, Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-550-07829-3 .
  3. ^ Alan Levy: Nazi Hunter: The Wiesenthal File. Robinson, London 2002, ISBN 1-84119-607-X ( limited preview in Google Book search)
  4. ^ Peter-Michael Lingens: Encounters. Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1995, ISBN 3-218-00601-5 , p. 39 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
  5. ^ Train accidents. Once upon a time . In: Der Spiegel . No. 32 , 1971, p. 31-34 ( Online - Aug. 2, 1971 ).
  6. ↑ Announcement of awards of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. In: Federal Gazette . Vol. 25, No. 43, March 9, 1973.
personal data
SURNAME Günthert, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German railway official
DATE OF BIRTH April 3, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Landau in the Palatinate
DATE OF DEATH after 1974