Willy Philippsborn

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Willy Philippsborn (born June 18, 1910 in Bentschen ; † November 9, 1992 in Wismar ) was a German prisoner of the Buchenwald concentration camp and, after the foundation of the National Buchenwald Memorial (NMG), was a guide through the memorial.

Life dates

Philippsborn was sent to the Buchenwald concentration camp in 1939 with the prisoner number 3,447. He was saved from destruction by Robert Siewert in the construction team , which also had a bricklaying school .

After the liberation from Nazi rule , he led groups of visitors through the NMG Buchenwald.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dr. Rainer Ernst: 1934: Non-Aryan traders unwanted  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Lausitzer Rundschau from November 8, 2008@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.lr-online.de  
  2. ^ Heinz Koch / Udo Wohlfeld: The German beech forest committee. The period from 1945 to 1958 , Weimar 2010, p. 187, ISBN 3-935275-14-5
personal data
SURNAME Philippsborn, Willy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Jewish concentration camp inmate
DATE OF BIRTH June 18, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH Bentschen
DATE OF DEATH November 9, 1992
Place of death Wismar