Willi Busch (resistance fighter)

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Michael "Willi" Busch (born October 31, 1901 in Mainz ; † after 1945) was a German anti-fascist and a member of the KPD since 1925. During the Nazi era , he resisted, among other things, as a member of the illegal "Committee to End the War" .

Life

During the time of National Socialism , Willi Busch was imprisoned several times for political reasons. Between July 1936 and October 1939 he spent over three years as a prisoner in the Dachau concentration camp . In January 1944 he was arrested again and imprisoned in Darmstadt , but was able to escape in August of the same year. On his way to Mühlheim , his hometown, he was recognized, arrested again and taken back to Darmstadt. He managed to escape from captivity again in December 1944. From then on he lived illegally in Wiesbaden until the end of the war . Here he was a member of an illegal group that joined the American troops. With the help of the Americans, Busch was brought through the front to Mühlheim, where he organized himself with other Mühlheim anti-fascists and won power over the city. They disarmed the German soldiers, removed anti-tank traps and hoisted white flags as a sign to the Allied troops that they could not expect any resistance. These actions prevented further war damage in the city.

literature

  • Lutz Niethammer , Ulrich Borsdorf and Peter Brandt ( eds. ): Workers 'initiative 1945. Antifascist committees and reorganization of the workers' movement in Germany . Peter Hammer Verlag, Wuppertal, 1976. ISBN 3-87294-103-8 , p. 207.
  • An unusual life: Willi Busch. In: Adolf Mierkes, Karl Schild, Hans C. Schneider: Mühlheim under the Nazis 1933-1945 . Frankfurt am Main, 1983. ISBN 3-87682-842-2 , pp. 76-87.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Axel Ulrich: Kampf gegen Hitler , p. 37 (PDF; 639 kB), accessed on January 11, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Busch, Willi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Busch, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German resistance fighters in the committee for a quick end to the war
DATE OF BIRTH October 31, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Mainz
DATE OF DEATH after 1945