Berger Walter Karlovich (04.02.1908, Riga – 09.12.1987, Riga) – intelligence officer, economist, political prisoner.
From 1927 to 1931, Walter Berger lived in Berlin, where in 1927 he joined the German Communist Party. In 1931, he graduated from the Higher Textile Institute in Berlin.
In 1932–1933 he worked in Leningrad at Eksportkhleb. From 1933 to 1935 he was engaged in underground Communist activities in Germany. In 1935 Julius Berger returned to Moscow by decision of the Politburo of the German Communist Party.
In 1936 he was appointed head of the regional trade inspection in Gorky. There on 17 June 1937 he was arrested and imprisoned.
On 20 February 1940 Julius Berger was released by the Moscow Military Prosecutor due to lack of evidence to be re-arrested on 1 June 1940.
On 19 November 1940 Julius Berger was sentenced by the Special Council of the NKVD of the USSR to eight years of imprisonment. He was imprisoned in Ukhtizhemlag (Komi ASSR) until 15 March 1948 but was released earlier with 77 days credited towards his sentence.
From 27 July 1948 Julius Berger was exiled to Kazachinskoye, Krasnoyarsk Krai, where he worked as an accountant in a municipal services enterprise.
On 31 December 1955 he was released from exile and moved to Riga.
During World War II, Berger's father, mother, sister, and 28 other relatives were executed in Riga by the Nazis.
Until 10 March 1954, he was stateless, but was later reinstated as a citizen due to his Baltic origins.
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