Martin Weise
German resistance fighter against the Nazis and journalist (1903-1943) · Journalists · Died at 40
Martin Weise was a German journalist, member of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) and a resistance fighter against the Nazis during World War II. From 1929 to 1934, Weiss published the socialist Die Rote Fahne newspaper. He was arrested and sent to a concentration camp until 1939.
Martin Weise is read about 4 times a day, in 5 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 17 June 2026
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When he was released, he decided to resist and made contact with Wilhelm Guddorf and the Hamburg based group around Bernhard Bästlein and Robert Abshagen He became associated with an anti-fascist resistance group that was run by Harro Schulze-Boysen and Arvid Harnack, that was later called the Red Orchestra by the Abwehr.
