Who was Willi Bleicher?
Who was Willi Bleicher?
Willi Bleicher (27 October 1907 – 23 June 1981) was one of the best known and, according to at least one source, one of the most important and effective German trades union leaders of the post war decades. In 1965 Yad Vashem recognized Willi Bleicher as Righteous Among the Nations.
What happened to Ulrich Bleicher after the war?
Bleicher was tortured and removed from Buchenwald to the Gestapo prison in Ichtershausen.
Was Willi Bleicher Righteous Among the nations?
In 1965 Yad Vashem recognized Willi Bleicher as Righteous Among the Nations. This reflected Bleicher’s wartime activities as a detainee at the Buchenwald concentration camp, where he was one of those who risked their lives to save a child prisoner called Stefan Jerzy Zweig.
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