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Karl Grünberg

1891–1972

Nationality: German Democratic Republic
Occupation: journalist

Heinrich Karl GrÃ¼nberg (5 November 1891 â 1 February 1972) was a German communist writer and journalist.

Incarceration history

Facilities

Sonnenburg concentration camp
Dates unknown

Biography

Heinrich Karl GrÃ¼nberg (5 November 1891 â 1 February 1972) was a German communist writer and journalist.

Related people

Same nationality and era where possible; falls back to shared nationality or era.

Franz Dahlem
1892–1981German Democratic Republic
Franz Dahlem (14 January 1892 â 17 December 1981) was a German communist politician who was a leading official of the Socialist Unity Party (SED).
Werner Staake
1910–1995German Democratic Republic
Rudolf Menzel
1910–1974German Democratic Republic
Paul Eggert
1897–1963German Democratic Republic
Willi Jahnke
1906–1992German Democratic Republic
Karl Brauer
1909–1982German Democratic Republic

External references

Wikipedia
Wikidata (Q96331)