{"id":13012,"date":"2023-03-22T10:50:21","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T09:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.toleranzraeume.org\/johann-trollmann\/"},"modified":"2023-06-13T12:07:03","modified_gmt":"2023-06-13T10:07:03","slug":"johann-trollmann","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.toleranzraeume.org\/en\/biographies\/johann-trollmann\/","title":{"rendered":"Johann Trollmann"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"13012\" class=\"elementor elementor-13012 elementor-8341\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7217b7a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7217b7a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1e2a0261\" data-id=\"1e2a0261\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19240787 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"19240787\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Johann \u201eRukeli\u201c Trollmann <\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7739e390 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7739e390\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">(born 1907 in Wilsche near Gifhorn \u2013 murdered in 1944 in the Wittenberge subcamp near Hamburg)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-67aa8e9f elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"67aa8e9f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fb65300\" data-id=\"fb65300\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1010022d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1010022d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\"The audience can't believe their eyes. 'Gypsy' Trollmann has become a blond Hans. He has dyed his black hair and completely altered his fighting style. Trollmann no longer taps and dances, but stands firmly rooted like a 'German oak', satirising the racist clich\u00e9.\"*<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e19d64f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e19d64f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Johann Wilhelm &#8220;Rukeli&#8221; Trollmann demonstrated against the Nazi regime in his final bout as a boxer and was ultimately murdered as member of a Sinto family. Trollmann was a German boxer and grew up as the son of Sinto-German parents in Hanover. The name &#8220;Rukeli&#8221; is derived from Romani and means &#8220;tree&#8221;. From as early as eight, he began training in boxing, soon winning numerous championships in the amateur ranks and finally becoming a professional in the heavyweight division. His distinctive boxing style, accompanied by a fast &#8220;dancing&#8221; footwork, made him highly popular with audiences. In the sports press, he was branded with the nickname &#8220;Gypsy&#8221;, and his fighting style was considered &#8220;un-German&#8221; by the National Socialists. That the Sinto Johann Wilhelm Trollmann emerged victorious in the 1933 German Championship against the supposedly &#8220;racially superior&#8221; Adolf Witt was deemed a scandalous humiliation by the National Socialists, and his title was revoked shortly afterwards. His next match, which saw him step into the ring against Gustav Eder, became an instrumentalised show in which Trollmann could only lose. In protest against racial discrimination, he appeared with dyed blond hair and a white powdered face. By requirement and under threat of withdrawing his boxing license, he was forbidden his typical filigree fighting style. Offering little resistance in this, his last public fight, he was knocked out after five rounds. In 1935, Trollmann was forcibly sterilised by the Nazis; four years later, he was drafted by the Wehrmacht (armed forces of Nazi Germany). In 1942, he was deported by the Nazis to the Neuengamme concentration camp for forced labour. His boxing career being well known, he was often challenged to fight by concentration camp guards\u2014and was beaten to death in a subcamp in Wittenberge in 1944. &#8220;Rukeli&#8221; Trollmann is one of up to 500,000 European Sinti and Romani victims of the National Socialist genocide.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56042ba9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"56042ba9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>*Krausnick, M., Wo sind sie hingekommen? Der unterschlagene V\u00f6lkermord an den<br \/>\nSinti und Roma (Where Did They Go? The Withheld Genocide of the Sinti und<br \/>\nRomani), Gerlingen 1995.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5223d000\" data-id=\"5223d000\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f87f522 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f87f522\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"767\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toleranzraeume.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Johann-Trollmann.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-14034\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toleranzraeume.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Johann-Trollmann.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.toleranzraeume.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Johann-Trollmann-196x300.jpg 196w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Hans Firzlaff, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Johann \u201eRukeli\u201c Trollmann (born 1907 in Wilsche near Gifhorn \u2013 murdered in 1944 in the Wittenberge subcamp near Hamburg) &#8220;The audience can&#8217;t believe their eyes. &#8216;Gypsy&#8217; Trollmann has become a blond Hans. He has dyed his black hair and completely altered his fighting style. 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