As the adopted son of German-Jewish parents, Wilhelm Simonsohn experienced persecution under National Socialism and nevertheless enlisted in the Luftwaffe on the advice of his father, who later died as a result of concentration camp imprisonment. As a night fighter pilot, he experienced the horrors of World War II.
Even at the age of over 100, Wilhelm Simonsohn regularly visited schools in Hamburg as an avowed pacifist and contemporary witness. He was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit for his efforts.
* 09.09.1919, † 01.10.2023
Website: www.wilhelm-simonsohn.de
On 06.10.2010 Wilhelm Simonsohn received the award of the category "Contemporary Witness" initiated by the ZEIT foundation in the German Historical Museum. In the course of this, a video reportage was created, which contains the eventful life and the message of Wilhelm Simonsohn addressed to younger generations.
"What a Life!" - a commissioned production of the ZEIT Foundation, sponsored by MDR and the Institute for History and Biography, among others, premiered at the German Historical Museum in Berlin.
Sound source (among others):
Capr./Caprice Rubato - Oskar Sala (38:26 - 39:12).
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Further information & contact with the Simonsohn family:
www.wilhelm-simonsohn.de
kontakt@wilhelm-simonsohn.de
30 окт 2023
