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Walter Ernest Paul ULBRICHT: German/Russian. A founder member of the Communist Party...

Catalogue reference: KV 2/2008

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This record is about the Walter Ernest Paul ULBRICHT: German/Russian. A founder member of the Communist Party... dating from 1952 Jan 01 - 1954 Dec 31 in the series The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
KV 2/2008
Date
1952 Jan 01 - 1954 Dec 31
Description

Walter Ernest Paul ULBRICHT: German/Russian. A founder member of the Communist Party of Germany in 1918, ULBRICHT was a member of the Reichstag but in 1931 was sentenced to two years' detention for treason. During World War II he fled to Russia where he acquired Russian nationality and organised the loudspeaker propaganda in the trenches at Stalingrad. On return, he became the leader of the Socialist Party (SED) and the head of the East German government

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
PF 42876 VOL 2
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Access conditions
Retained Until 2005
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11249293/

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The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files

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