Walter Husemann

Walter Husemann (2 December 1909 – 13 May 1943) was a German communist and resistance fighter against the Nazi regime. As a young man, Husemann trained an industrial toolmaker, before training as a journalist. He became interested in politics and joined the Communist Party of Germany (KPD). With the arrival of the Nazis in 1933, he became a resistance fighter and through his wife, the actor Marta Husemann, he became associated with an anti-fascist resistance group around Harro Schulze-Boysen and Arvid Harnack that was later called the Red Orchestra by the Gestapo. Along with John Sieg whom he met in the KPD and Fritz Lange, Martin Weise and Herbert Grasse he wrote and published the resistance magazine, The Home Front Die Innere Front.

Life Effects card (list of property) of Walter Husemann as a prisoner in the Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald. Husemann was born to Wilhelm and Luise Husemann. He and his father were sent to Sachsenhausen concentration camp without undertaking any trial proceedings, while his brother managed to escape and move to Moscow. Husemann remained with the group during its transition from an underground political faction that resisted into an espionage organisation.

In December 1941, John Sieg began publishing Die Innere Front (The Home Front) on a regular basis. Husemann through contact with fellow KPD member Wilhelm Guddorf, became involved in writing articles for the magazine.

Arrest On 9 September 1942, Husemann was arrested at his employer. Husemann was sent for trial by the 2nd Senate of the Reichskriegsgericht, who announced on 26 January 1943 a sentence of death for "preparation for high treason" and "aiding and abetting espionage".