Johann Kroll

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Johann Kroll (born June 25, 1918 in Rosnochau , Upper Silesia , German Empire ; † March 16, 2000 in Gogolin , Poland) was an activist and politician of the German minority in Poland .

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Johann Kroll was born on June 25, 1918 in Rosnochau near Oberglogau . In 1937 he completed his visit to the Carolinum (Nysa) . He then studied natural sciences at the Silesian Friedrich Wilhelms University in Breslau . During the Second World War, Kroll was drafted into the Wehrmacht and seriously wounded in the Crimea . He married Maria Bias in 1948 and worked on a farm in Oberwitz , where he and his family settled. In 1975 he founded an agricultural production cooperative in Oberwitz that employed around 250 people. He also moved to Gogolin .

In 1988 Kroll started organizing meetings of Germans in the Opole region. He was the initiator of the list campaign in which the signatures of people who claimed to be Germans were collected. The aim was to achieve recognition of the German minority in the Opole region. When the Social-Cultural Society of Germans in Opole Silesia (SKGD) was registered with its seat in Gogolin in January 1990 , Kroll was elected its first chairman. When his son Henryk Kroll (* 1949) took over the chairmanship in 1992 , Johann Kroll became honorary chairman.

Kroll campaigned for the organization of the first German-language church services and for German lessons in schools. He also participated in the founding of German cultural and economic institutions.

Kroll has received several awards for his achievements in the professional, cultural and social fields. Among other things he received the Knight's Cross of the Order Polonia Restituta of the Republic of Poland. On January 7, 1999, Kroll received the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon. It was presented on March 13th by the ambassador Johannes Bauch .

Johann Kroll died on March 16, 2000 and was buried in Gogolin. In honor of Johann Kroll, the SKGD put a plaque on the town hall in Gogolin on May 23, 2010. In addition, a street in Gogolin should bear his name by 2015.

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  1. ↑ Office of the Federal President
  2. ↑ NTO: W Gogolinie odsłonięto Tablice upamiętniającą Johanna Krolla
  3. ↑ SKGD donates memorial plaque for Johann Kroll in Gogolin ( Memento of the original from November 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.omv.cdu.de
  4. ^ VDG: Street in Gogolin will bear the name of Johann Kroll? ( Memento of the original from November 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / vdg.pl
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SURNAME Kroll, Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish politician of the German minority in Poland
DATE OF BIRTH June 25, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Rosnochau , Upper Silesia
DATE OF DEATH March 16, 2000
Place of death Gogolin , Poland