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Käte Voelkner
Käte Lydia Voelkner also known as Kathe Voelkner (12 April 1906 in Danzig, 25 July 1943 in Plötzensee Prison) was a German communist, anti-nazi and resistance fighter. Voelkner became part of a Soviet espionage group that operated in Europe in World War II that would later be identified by the Abwehr as the Red Orchestra ("Rote Kapelle"). Originally a circus acrobat, Voelkner managed to obtain a key position as a shorthand typist in the Parisian office of Fritz Sauckel of the Arbeitseinsatz (Compulsory Labour Service) where she operated as an informant to the Red Orchestra's group's director Leopold Trepper. Life Voelkner and her brother, the communist author came from a West Prussian working-class family of circus artists and contortionists from Danzig. Voelkner's mother was a circus artist and her father was a drawing teacher. Both were convinced social democrats. The family toured Europe and Russia extensively during the interwar period, living a hand-to-mouth exist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
20th Arrondissement Of Paris
The 20th arrondissement of Paris (known in French as the ''XXe arrondissement de Paris'' or simply as "''le vingtième''") is the last of the consecutively numbered Arrondissements of Paris, arrondissements of the capital city of France. Also known as Ménilmontant () after the Ménilmontant neighbourhood it encompasses in its northwest, it is located on the Rive Droite, right bank of the Seine, River Seine and contains some of the city's most cosmopolitan districts. It covers four Quarters of Paris, quarters: Belleville, Paris, Belleville, Saint-Fargeau, Père-Lachaise and Charonne quarter, Charonne. In 2019, it had a population of 194,994. The 20th arrondissement is internationally best known for its Père Lachaise Cemetery, the world's most-visited cemetery where one can find the tombs of a number of famous artists. Geography The land area of this arrondissement is 5.984 km2 (2.31 sq. miles, or 1,479 acres). Demographics The population of Paris's 20th arrondissement peak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manfred Roeder (judge)
Manfred Roeder (August 20, 1900 – October 18, 1971) was a military judge in Nazi Germany. Serving on the highest wartime court, he led the investigation and examinations and later the prosecution of the German Resistance group, the Red Orchestra. He shared responsibility for the dozens of death sentences handed down by the Reich court martial to Red Orchestra members. After Germany's defeat in World War II, there were attempts by survivors, family and the U.S. Army to investigate the prosecutions of Red Orchestra members and others, but Roeder was never convicted of any malfeasance or crime because the Allies thought it more expedient to use his 'expertise' to hunt down the Red Orchestra members a second time than to mete out justice for victims of the Nazis; this time to aid the Western Allies with information about the Russians in the nascent cold war. Life and career Roeder, the son of a Landgericht director from Kiel, served in World War IShareen Blair Brysac''Resisting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonderkommando Rote Kapelle
Sonderkommando Rote Kapelle was a German special commission that was created by German High Command in November 1942, in response to the capture of two leading members of a Soviet espionage group that operated in Europe, that was called the Red Orchestra (German:Rote Kapelle) by the '' Abwehr''. The Sonderkommando Rote Kapelle was an internal counter-intelligence operation run by the ''Abwehr'' and the Gestapo. Consisting of a small independent Gestapo unit and led by SS-Obersturmbannführer Friedrich Panzinger and investigated by Karl Giering, its remit was to discover and arrest members of the Red Orchestra in Germany, Belgium, France, Netherlands, Switzerland and Italy during World War II. Archival history While some documents on the "Rote Kapelle Special Commission Commission" are available, others for example, from the Military Historical Archives in Prague and Moscow have not been examined. At the same time, none of the former Gestapo or Abwehr personnel made reports after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Professor And Artzin Group
Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an academic rank at universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, ''professor'' derives from Latin as a "person who professes". Professors are usually experts in their field and teachers of the highest rank. In most systems of academic ranks, "professor" as an unqualified title refers only to the most senior academic position, sometimes informally known as "full professor". In some countries and institutions, the word "professor" is also used in titles of lower ranks such as associate professor and assistant professor; this is particularly the case in the United States, where the unqualified word is also used colloquially to refer to associate and assistant professors as well. This usage would be considered incorrect among other academic communities. However, the otherwise unqualified title "Professor" designated with a capital letter nearly always refers to a full prof ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Treff
Alice Martha Treff (4 June 1906 – 8 February 2003) was a German film actress. She appeared in more than 120 films between 1932 and 2001. She was born and died in Berlin, Germany. Selected filmography * '' Peter Voss, Thief of Millions'' (1932) * '' Melody of Love'' (1932) *''The Green Domino'' (1935) * ''The Girl Irene'' (1936) * ''The Irresistible Man'' (1937) * '' The Night of Decision'' (1938) * ''Mistake of the Heart'' (1939) * '' Wedding in Barenhof'' (1942) * ''Two in a Big City'' (1942) * ''Front Theatre'' (1942) * ''The Endless Road'' (1943) * ''Circus Renz'' (1943) * ''In Those Days'' (1947) * ''Ghost in the Castle'' (1947) * '' Street Acquaintances'' (1948) * ''Dangerous Guests'' (1949) * '' Girls Behind Bars'' (1949) * ''Night of the Twelve ''Night of the Twelve'' (german: Die Nacht der Zwölf) is a 1949 German crime film directed by Hans Schweikart and starring Rudolf Fernau, Ferdinand Marian and Mady Rahl.Davidson & Hake p. 60 It was made at the Bavaria St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
