Karl Nebenführ
Karl Nebenführ (born June 29, 1900 ; died March 31, 1939 ) was an Austrian communist who fell victim to the Stalin purges .
Life
Nebenführ grew up in Vienna . He did an apprenticeship as a lathe operator and then joined the people's armed forces . In 1920 he became secretary of the KPÖ soldiers' group in the People's Army. He published in the Red Soldier and became friends with Egon Erwin Kisch . In 1921 he took part in Soviet Russia as a delegate to the Third World Congress of the Comintern . There he met his future wife Erna Wengels , a daughter of Margarete and Robert Wengels . In 1922, Nebenführer joined the Russian Communist Party . As an employee of the military intelligence service GRU , he worked in various European countries. From 1933 to 1935 he taught as a lecturer at the International Lenin School . From 1934 he was Ruth von Mayenburg's commanding officer during her operations in fascist Germany.
In 1937, Nebenführ received the Order of Lenin . In 1938 he was arrested in the Soviet Union; he died of internal injuries in 1939 as a result of abuse.
literature
- Hans Schafranek : The deceived. Austrians as victims of Stalinist terror in the Soviet Union. Vienna 1991, pp. 75-100
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Secondary guide, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian communist, victim of the Stalin purges |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 29, 1900 |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 31, 1939 |