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Artur (Arthur) Ernst EWERT, aliases ARSCH, BLONE, KOERNER, KURBATEFF, Georg KELLER,...

Catalogue reference: KV 2/2336

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This record is about the Artur (Arthur) Ernst EWERT, aliases ARSCH, BLONE, KOERNER, KURBATEFF, Georg KELLER,... dating from 1919 Jan 01 - 1950 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 2/2336
Date
1919 Jan 01 - 1950 Dec 31
Description

Artur (Arthur) Ernst EWERT, aliases ARSCH, BLONE, KOERNER, KURBATEFF, Georg KELLER, Harry BERGER: German. A prominent member of the German Communist Party, EWERT was a member of the Reichstag in the early 1930s but with the rise of Hitler he moved to become head of the Comintern's bureau successively in China and South America. Arrested in Brazil in 1936, he was tried and imprisoned; released in 1945, he was repatriated to Germany in 1947

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
PF 42988
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Access conditions
Retained Until 2006
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11287943/

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KV 2

The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files

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