Wilhelm Bollinger
Wilhelm "Willi" Bollinger (born June 10, 1919 in Saarbrücken , † January 7, 1975 in Wuppertal ) was a German chemist and resistance fighter against National Socialism .
Life
Like his brother Heinrich , who was three years older than him , Wilhelm Bollinger attended Catholic elementary school and joined the New Germany Federation . In February 1939 he passed his Abitur and after a year of the Reich Labor Service he studied chemistry at the University of Cologne . However, he had to interrupt his studies because he was called up for military service as a paramedic .
He did his military service in a Saarbrücken office in the Holy Spirit Hospital . There he took weapons from the wounded, especially pistols and machine guns, and passed them on to enemies of National Socialism. Together with his brother, he came into contact with Willi Graf and the White Rose towards the end of 1942 . In January 1943 Wilhelm Bollinger copied the appeal "To all Germans" and sent 20 copies to academics in Saarbrücken. Bollinger also forged holiday and military tickets for the group.
In contrast to his brother, who did not distribute the appeal, Wilhelm Bollinger was spared the second White Rose trial. However, Willi Graf gave information about Bollinger. Although he tried to cover up his comrade, Bollinger was nevertheless charged on January 28, 1944 by the Saarbrücken public prosecutor's office of failing to report high treason . Hubert Ney defended the accused before District Court Judge Dr. Jochum. The trial was classified as a minor offense. His assistance in distributing the White Rose appeal went undetected and so Bollinger was sentenced to only three months in prison.
After the Second World War , Bollinger continued his studies at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg and the University of Basel . After three years of professional experience in the chemical industry, he graduated from the University of Saarbrücken with a diploma in 1953 and then worked for a chemical company in the Rhineland.
From around 1966 he lived in Wuppertal-Barmen until the end of his life.
literature
- Klaus-Michael Mallmann / Gerhard Paul : The splintered no. Saarlanders against Hitler . Dietz, Bonn 1989, ISBN 3-8012-5010-5 , p. 32-42 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Peter Goergen: Willi Graf, a way into the resistance . Röhrig Universitätsverlag, 2009, ISBN 978-3-86110-458-2 , p. 165-166 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bollinger, Wilhelm |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nollinger, Willi |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German chemist and resistance fighter against National Socialism |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 10, 1919 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saarbrücken |
| DATE OF DEATH | 7th January 1975 |
| Place of death | Wuppertal |