Adolf Maislinger

Adolf Maislinger (9 December 1903, Munich – 26 April 1985, Munich) was a well-known prisoner of Dachau concentration camp.

Biography

Adi Maislinger came from a social democratic household. In 1931 he joined the Communist Party of Germany. When membership in the party was made illegal by the Nazi government, he became a courier under the code name “Bertl”. In 1935 he was sentenced to prison for eight years for "preparation to high treason". On 8 September 1942 the Gestapo issued an order for protective custody and a short time after that he was sent to the concentration camp in Dachau. There, Communist comrades from Munich helped him to get a job at the detachment for disinfection. The resulting freedom of action allowed him to become active in the resistance again. After his liberation Adi Maislinger passed on his experience to groups of the Action Reconciliation / Service for Peace.

References

*Hartmut Mehringer, "Die KPD in Bayern 1919-1945" (The Communist party of Germany in Bavaria 1919-1945)
*Prehistory, persecution and resistance ("Vorgeschichte, Verfolgung und Widerstand"), in: Martin Boszat/Hartmut Mehringer (Hg.)
*Bavaria in the time of the Nazis - Volume V The Communistic-, Social- and Bavarian People’s - parties in persecution and resistance, Munich 1983 ("Bayern in der NS-Zeit Band V Die Parteien KPD, SPD, BVP in Verfolgung und Widerstand", München 1983)