Heinz Bello

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Heinrich "Heinz" Bello (born September 5, 1920 in Breslau ; † June 29, 1944 in Berlin ) was a German medical student and is considered a Catholic martyr .

Life

Heinz Bello grew up in the Wesel Schillviertel ( Schillsches Freikorps ) in a Catholic environment since 1926 . He was friends with Ernst-Alfred Jauch , with whom he completed his Abitur in 1939 at the State Humanistic Gymnasium Wesel and was with him an active member of the Bund New Germany and later on in the Reich Labor Service .

During the air raid service as a student of medicine in Münster in July 1943 , he said: “The lamp posts in Münster are not enough to hang the Nazis and the detective heads on them” and - with a glance at the crucifix on the wall of the room - “As long as this Lord lives , he'll make sure that the trees don't grow into the sky! ” For these remarks he was later denounced by the medical sergeant Bernreiter and persecuted by the Nazi regime. He turned down opportunities to flee out of fear of reprisals against his family. Appeals for clemency were rejected not least because of the well-known Catholic attitude of his family. “ Laudetur Jesus Christ - June 29, 1944 - 7.30.” Is the last entry he made on a calendar sheet before his shooting on the same day in Berlin-Tegel.

Graves of Heinz Bello and Gerhard Storm in the crypt of the Xanten Cathedral

Commemorations and honors

Heinz Bello was first buried in Berlin at the St. Hedwig's cemetery. In 1960 the bones were transferred to Wesel, exhumed in 1966 and transferred to the crypt of Xanten Cathedral in the memorial for modern martyrs.

The city of Wesel named Heinz-Bello-Strasse after him.

In 1999 the Catholic Church accepted Heinz Bello as a witness of faith in the German martyrology of the 20th century .

literature

  • Bergmann, Susan (ed.): Martelaren. Literaire levensverhalen over bekende gelovigen van nu , Ten Have, Baarn, ISBN 90-259-4718-2
  • Kloidt, Franz: Traitor or Martyr? Documentation of Catholic martyrs of the National Socialist church persecution give answer , Düsseldorf 1962, 19-29
  • Leber, Annedore : The conscience stands up. 64 life pictures from the German resistance 1933–1945 , Berlin-Frankfurt / Main 1955
  • Prieur, Jutta: executed because of "Wehrkraftzersetzung" , in: Wesel 1933–1945, Cologne 1983
  • Seeger, Hans-Karl, Art .: Heinz Bello, in: Helmut Moll (ed.): Witnesses for Christ. Das deutsche Martyrologium des 20. Jahrhundert , Paderborn et al. 1999, 7th, revised and updated edition 2019, pp. 545–549.
  • Seeger, Hans-Karl:  Heinz Bello. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 21, Bautz, Nordhausen 2003, ISBN 3-88309-110-3 , Sp. 91-95.  ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )
  • Wever, Dieter: In memory of Heinz Bello , floor talk, University of Münster, 2014

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personal data
SURNAME Bello, Heinz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bello, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German medical student, catholic martyr
DATE OF BIRTH 5th September 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Wroclaw
DATE OF DEATH June 29, 1944
Place of death Berlin