Walter Kraemer

Walter Kraemer (Krämer) (21 June 1892 in Siegen - 6 November 1941 in Goslar) was a German politician of the German Communist Party (KPD) and member of the resistance against Nazism. From 1932/33 he was a deputy of the Prussian Landtag, was arrested in 1933 and killed in 1941 in a sub-camp of the concentration camp Buchenwald in Goslar. He assisted many prisoners with medical help, becoming known as the "Doctor of Buchenwald", for which he received from the State of Israel the posthumous title "Righteous among the Nations" in the year 2000.

Walter Kraemer

Walter Kraemer (Krämer) (21 June 1892 in Siegen - 6 November 1941 in Goslar) was a German politician of the German Communist Party (KPD) and member of the resistance against Nazism. From 1932/33 he was a deputy of the Prussian Landtag, was arrested in 1933 and killed in 1941 in a sub-camp of the concentration camp Buchenwald in Goslar. He assisted many prisoners with medical help, becoming known as the "Doctor of Buchenwald", for which he received from the State of Israel the posthumous title "Righteous among the Nations" in the year 2000.