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Walter Trautzsch (16 March 1903 – 23 September 1971) was a German political activist who engaged as an anti-fascist resistance fighter during the Hitler years. Between 1936 and his arrest in 1939 he worked secretly as a courier for the Communist Party leader, Ernst Thälmann.[1][2]
(Although Thälmann was being held in solitary confinement, he was able to receive parcels and visits from his wife, and indeed had a larger than average cell to facilitate visits: they conversed, in part, by writing messages in chalk on a board in order to thwart listening devices.[3])
- ^ Anette Leo. "Trautzsch, Walter Ehrengott * 16.3.1903, † 23.9.1971 Thälmann-Kurier, SED-Funktionär, Leiter der Kreisparteikontrollkommission Leipzig". "Wer war wer in der DDR?" Note that two biographical sources are reproduced on a single web page. The entry from "Wer war wer in der DDR?" appears on the top half of the page. Ch. Links Verlag, Berlin & Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur, Berlin. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
- ^ Gunter-Ulrich Wolfram (24 September 2011). "Verdächtigt, ein Doppelagent zu sein". Die abenteuerliche und tragische Geschichte des Thälmann-Kuriers Walter Trautzsch. Neues Deutschland, Berlin. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
- ^ Regina Scheer (14 August 2004). "Im Schatten des Denkmals". Rosa war die Frau von Ernst Thälmann. Ihr Mann wurde vor 60 Jahren hingerichtet. Die Geschichte einer wechselvollen Liebe. Berliner Zeitung. Retrieved 28 August 2019.