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Willi Gall

1908 – 1941

German communist and resistance fighter

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Lived 1908 – 1941 (aged 32). Willi Gall was a politician, resistance fighter and athlete.

Willi Gall (3 October 1908 – 25 July 1941) was a German communist and resistance fighter against Nazism.

Biography Gall was born in Falkenstein, Saxony. He worked as a lathe operator and a truck driver, and joined the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) in 1929. Active in the local KPD group in Pethau near Zittau, Gall was elected to the local city council in 1932.

After the Nazi Party came to power in 1933, Gall was active in the communist resistance. He emigrated to Czechoslovakia in April 1933, and served as a courier between Zittau and Prague from 1934 until 1938. In 1938, he worked as an instructor in the "Zentrum" leadership department of the underground KPD. In 1938–39, he went to Berlin illegally several times from Czechoslovakia and Denmark, where he produced leaflets, newspapers and held contacts with the workers of various factories and companies.

In December 1939, Gall was arrested along with over 100 resistance members from the Adlershof locality of Berlin. He was sentenced to death by the People's Court on 23 January 1941, and was executed by guillotine on 25 July 1941 in Plötzensee Prison in Berlin.

Today's Weinauparkstadion in Zittau was named Willi-Gall-Stadion from 1955 until 1990. A street in Mittelherwigsdorf outside Zittau is named Willi-Gall-Straße.

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Who was Willi Gall?

German communist and resistance fighter (1908-1941)

When was Willi Gall born?

Willi Gall was born on 3 October 1908 in Falkenstein.

When did Willi Gall die?

Willi Gall died on 25 July 1941 in Berlin-Plötzensee.

What was Willi Gall's occupation?

Willi Gall was a politician, resistance fighter and athlete.

What nationality was Willi Gall?

Willi Gall's recorded nationality: German Reich.

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· Wikipedia: Willi Gall

· Wikidata: Q2577094

· DBpedia: Willi Gall

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