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Sep 27, 1927 Cologne, North Rhine Westphalia, Germany Died on 18 Apr 2012 (aged 84)
German Resistance member
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About Fritz Theilen
- Fritz Theilen (27 September 1927 – 18 April 2012) was a German member of the anti-Nazi resistance group the Edelweißpiraten during World War II.
- Born to working-class parents, he joined the Deutsches Jungvolk division of the Hitler Youth in 1937, and was excluded for resisting orders in 1940.
- He started an apprenticeship at the local Ford Motor Company auto plant in 1941.
- In 1942 he joined the Edelweißpiraten.
- He was imprisoned at the Gestapo's Cologne headquarters—the EL-DE Haus—in 1943.
- After managing to escape from prison, he survived in the underground until 1945.
- Ford only re-employed him after the British occupation force exerted pressure on the company's management.
