Erica Wallach
1922–1993
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- opinion journalist
Erica Wallach (1923 - 22 December 1993) was a German political activist and teacher.
Incarceration history
- Butyrka prisonDates unknown
Biography
Erica Wallach (1923 - 22 December 1993) was a German political activist and teacher. A strong opponent of totalitarianism in Europe, she was held in a Soviet prison for five years during the peak of the Cold War due to suspicions of espionage. Wallach fought against military dictatorship in Spain, Nazism in Germany, and authoritarian communism in the Soviet Union. She published the memoir Light at Midnight in 1967.