Otto Rinas
Otto Rinas (born October 16, 1925 in German Wiontschemin an der Weichsel; † May 11, 2011 ) was a German economist . His escape from a Siberian prisoner-of-war camp after the Second World War is considered to be the only documented escape by a German soldier from Siberia.
Life
Rinas was born in 1925 in Deutsch Wiontschemin on the Vistula, today Poland. He also learned Slavic languages there, including Polish. At the age of 17, after graduating from high school , he was drafted into the armored force of the German armed forces. In January 1945 he came to East Prussia as a flag boy for the front line . He became a prisoner of war . He and other prisoners were taken by train to a camp in the forests of Siberia. When the Poles, Lithuanians and others were supposed to report to be repatriated, Rinas posed as Poles. In January 1946 he came to Stettin . Rinas reached Berlin on January 27, 1946 and later went to Cologne, where he studied economics and did his doctorate. From 1956 he lived in Willich .
In 2002 Rinas published a novel based on his own biography . He was one of the interlocutors in the ZDF series The Prisoners .
Works
- From Siberia to the Spree. Triga, the publisher. 4th edition. Gelnhausen 2008. ISBN 9783897745933
Web links
- Literature by and about Otto Rinas in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Otto Rinas in the bibliographic database WorldCat
Individual evidence
- ^ Advertisement by Dr. Otto Rinas - trauer.rp-online.de .
- ↑ January 27, 1946 - Otto Rinas prisoner of war arrives in Berlin . January 26, 2011.
- ^ RP ONLINE: City of Willich: Escape with the last of your strength .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rinas, Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German economist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 16, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | German Wiontschemin on the Vistula |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 11, 2011 |