# Max Troll

> Max Troll was a German communist-turned-informer who betrayed hundreds of Bavarian communists to the Bavarian Political Police, a forerunner of the Gestapo, between 1933 and 1936. Troll spent a short time in Dachau concentration camp and served in the German Army during World War II. After the war he was sentenced to ten years in jail for his role as informer and released after five, in contrast to his Gestapo handlers who were not prosecuted.

*German member of the KPD and Gestapo informer*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Activist
- **Category:** Activists
- **Born:** 1902-09-10
- **Died:** 1972-04-07
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Max Troll was a German communist-turned-informer who betrayed hundreds of Bavarian communists to the Bavarian Political Police, a forerunner of the Gestapo, between 1933 and 1936. Troll spent a short time in Dachau concentration camp and served in the German Army during World War II. After the war he was sentenced to ten years in jail for his role as informer and released after five, in contrast to his Gestapo handlers who were not prosecuted.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 35.5

## Sources
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58002919)

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