Walter Gorrish

Walter Gorrish ( pseudonym for Walter Kaiser , born November 22, 1909 in Barmen , † January 19, 1981 in Berlin ) was a German writer .

Life

Walter Gorrish was the son of a construction worker . After attending primary school in Barmen , he trained as a plasterer and then worked in this profession. In 1928 Gorrish became a member of the Communist Youth Association and from 1931 the KPD . After the Nazis seized power emigrated it in 1933 to the Netherlands , later he went to Belgium and finally to France . From 1936 he took part in the Spanish Civil War as a member of the International Brigades . There he was promoted to officer and was adjutant to Ludwig Renn . After the defeat of the Republican troops, Gorrish was interned in France . When the German Wehrmacht in 1940, invaded, gave the French authorities it to the Third Reich , and he was charged with "conspiracy to treason to three years' imprisonment sentenced . He served this prison term in a penitentiary until 1943 . Then he pulled the Nazis for disciplinary battalion 999 a. During his deployment on the Eastern Front, Gorrish deserted in the Crimea in 1944 and defected to the Red Army .

In 1945 Gorrish returned to Germany and settled in the Soviet occupation zone . From 1945 to 1949 he was an officer in the German People's Police , which he was instrumental in building up. From 1949 he lived as a freelance writer in East Berlin . He had been a member of the SED since 1946 and was a board member of the German Writers' Association .

From 1963 to 1967 he was a candidate for the Central Committee of the SED. Since 1963 he was a member of the solidarity committee for the Spanish people in the GDR .

He found his final resting place in 1981 in a Pankow cemetery .

Walter Gorrish was the author of novels , short stories and film scripts , in which he primarily processed his personal experiences in Spain and France .

personal data
SURNAME	Gorrish, Walter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Kaiser, Walter (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German writer, screenwriter and Spain fighter
DATE OF BIRTH	November 22, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH	Barmen
DATE OF DEATH	January 19, 1981
Place of death	Berlin