Walter Schütz (25 October 1897 – between 27 and 29 March 1933) was a German communist politician.

Biography

Schütz was born in Wehlau (today Znamensk,

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), where he attended school. He was trained as a machine fitter and worked at the municipal electricity works of

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. After

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he worked as a car mechanic and joined the

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(KPD) in 1919. Schütz became the

East Prussia East Prussia was a Provinces of Prussia, province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1772 to 1829 and again from 1878 (with the Kingdom itself being part of the German Empire from 1871); following World War I it formed part of the Weimar Republic's ...

n Chairman of the Communist Party and Chief editor of the communist newspaper for East Prussia ''" Echo des Ostens"'' (Echo of the East). Schütz was elected as a member of the Reichstag in September 1930. He was arrested by the Nazi-SA in February or March 1933 and tortured and murdered in the SA headquarters of Königsberg.Heinz Brüdigam: ''Faschismus an der Macht. Berichte, Bilder, Dokumente über das Jahr 1933'', 1982, p. 234.

Literature

* Hermann Weber/Andreas Herbst: ''Deutsche Kommunisten. Biographisches Handbuch 1918 bis 1945'', Berlin: Karl Dietz Verlag 2004, p. 709

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Schutz, Walter 1897 births 1933 deaths People from Gvardeysky District People from East Prussia Communist Party of Germany politicians Members of the Reichstag 1930–1932 Members of the Reichstag 1932 Members of the Reichstag 1932–1933 Executed people from Kaliningrad Oblast People killed by Nazi Germany