Herbert Gollnow

Herbert Gollnow (* 13 July 1911 in Berlin, † 12 February 1943 in Berlin) was a German resistance fighter, consulate secretary and later second lieutenant in the Luftwaffe. Gollnow career was influenced by Harro Schulze-Boysen while Gollnow studied at the Faculty for Foreign Studies (Auslandswissenschaftliche Fakultät) of the Friedrich Wilhelm University in Berlin, and as he rose through the ranks of the Luftwaffe, he became a counter-intelligence officer in the Luftwaffe and an informer to Schulze-Boyen. Gollnow became a member of a Berlin anti-fascist resistance group that was associated with Schulze-Boysen, that was later called the Red Orchestra (Rote Kapelle). He was later arrested and executed in 1943.

Life Gollnow was the son of Reinhold Gollnow, a musician, and his wife Else. Gollnow was initially taught by Donner at the Faculty of Foreign Studies. He became friends with the Mildred Harnack, an American professor of American English Literature. From April 1939, Gollnow studied part-time at the Institute of Foreign Affairs.

After the trial, Gollnow was separated from the imprisoned group and sent to Lehrterstrasse prison on 21 January 1943. Gollnow's execution was postponed so he could testify at the new trial of Mildred Harnack and Erika von Brockdorff.

Execution On 12 February 1943, Gollnow was executed by firing squad at Tegel Prison.