1. Herbert Gollnow was a German resistance fighter, consulate secretary and later second lieutenant in the Luftwaffe.
15 Facts About Herbert Gollnow
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Gollnow career was influenced by Harro Schulze-Boysen while Gollnow studied at the Faculty for Foreign Studies 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.
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Herbert Gollnow became a member of a Berlin anti-fascist resistance group that was associated with Schulze-Boysen, that was later called the Red Orchestra.
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Herbert Gollnow was the son of Reinhold Herbert Gollnow, a musician, and his wife Else.
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On 5 December 1938, Herbert Gollnow joined the Foreign Office to prepare for service as consulate secretary.
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On 19 August 1939 Herbert Gollnow was appointed consulate secretary by Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop.
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Herbert Gollnow was initially taught by Donner at the Faculty of Foreign Studies.
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Herbert Gollnow became friends with the Mildred Harnack, an American professor of American English Literature.
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From April 1939, Herbert Gollnow studied part-time at the Institute of Foreign Affairs.
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On 1 April 1939, Herbert Gollnow became a reserve officer in the Luftwaffe with the rank of second lieutenant.
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In June 1940, Herbert Gollnow was drafted to a Luftwaffe Jagdfliegerschule in Tutow where he taught aircraft identification.
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At Arvid Harnack's suggestion, Herbert Gollnow continued his studies at the institute.
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In October 1941, Herbert Gollnow was promoted to a position in The Foreign Branch of the Abwehr in the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht of the Armed Forces High Command.
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Herbert Gollnow's execution was postponed so he could testify at the new trial of Mildred Harnack and Erika von Brockdorff.
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On 12 February 1943, Herbert Gollnow was executed by firing squad at Tegel Prison.