Friday, July 21, 2017

Pencil sketch of an anti Nazi by Dr K Prabhakar Rao

GUNTHER WEISENBORN

He was a writer, dramatist and Nazi resistance fighter associated with Red Orchestra. He was arrested, tried and sentenced to death in 1941. However it was reduced to 10 years based on the testimony of his cell mate. He was liberated by soviets in 1945 at the end of the war. In Post war life he distinguished himself as a famous writer

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