Ulrich Boelsen

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Ulrich Boelsen (* 1900 ; † 1990 ) was a German dentist and resistance fighter against National Socialism . Together with Hans Hayn and Wilhelm Weinrich , he was the leading head of the Neu-Isenburg resistance group in the Leuschner network.

Life

Ulrich Boelsen was a dentist with his own practice in Neu-Isenburg . In 1938 he directed the documentary sick teeth - sick body , an eleven-minute short - documentary . Together with the physician Hans Hayn and Wilhelm Weinrich, he set up a cell of the Leuschner network in Neu-Isenburg. Gustav Kettel was involved as a courier as a liaison to the rest of the network and abroad . During the Third Reich he escaped denunciation, although parts of his resistance group were reported to the Gestapo as early as 1941 . After the failed assassination attempt on July 20, 1944 , the network was able to continue operating. As the liberation by the Allies approached, attempts were made to prevent the Frankfurt bridges from being blown up by printing posters declaring Frankfurt an “open city”. However, this failed when Fries was transferred to Vogelsberg .

In return, Boelsen managed to prevent Neu-Isenburg from being destroyed on March 26, 1945. He convinced the commander of the anti-aircraft position the Wehrmacht that his brother, Major General Hans Boelsen have arranged not to defend the city. The Allies handed over the provisional management of the city administration to Hayn and Boelsen. Ulrich Boelsen was elected on April 17th by a citizens' committee formed by the American military administration as the town's first mayor after the National Socialist rule. He kept this post until Wilhelm Arnoul took over his old office again on May 22, 1945.

Filmography

  • 1938: Sick Teeth - Sick Body (director)

literature

  • Ludger Fittkau, Marie-Christine Werner: The conspirators. The civil resistance behind July 20, 1944 . Darmstadt: wbg Theiss 2019. ISBN 978-3-8062-3893-8 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sick teeth - sick body | filmportal.de. Retrieved January 9, 2020 .
  2. ^ Ludger Fittkau, Marie-Christine Werner: Die Konspirateure. The civil resistance behind July 20, 1944 . Darmstadt: wbg Theiss 2019. ISBN 978-3-8062-3893-8 . Pp. 73-77
  3. ↑ a b A touching contemporary document. In: op-online.de. May 21, 2015, accessed January 9, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Werner Bremser: The "Frankford" . In: Neu-Isenburger . Neu-Isenburg March 2007, p. 16–17 ( der-isenburger.de [PDF]).
personal data
SURNAME Boelsen, Ulrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German dentist and resistance fighter against National Socialism
DATE OF BIRTH 1900
DATE OF DEATH 1990