ISIDORE SPRINGER.
Isidore Springer, alias ROMEO, WALTER, FRED & SABOR had according to Willy Berg (Gestapo) worked for Trepper in Paris before the outbreak of war, acting as liaison with Soviet Embassy in Trepper's absence.
By 1940 he had moved to Belgium as an active member of Gurevich's group; here he was probably mainly concerned with recruitment and was a courier between Gurevich in Brussels and Trepper in Paris.
By 1941 following Marakov's arrest, fled to Paris with Gurevich and was posted in Lyon, where he established an intelligence group and attempted, but failed, to achieve an independent WT link with Moscow. His group of agents included his mistress, Flora van Vliet, Germaine Schneider, Roger Schumacher, Joseph Katz Hezekiel Schreiber and Jacques Blumsack.
The detection and liquidation of the Lyons group followed that of Trepper himself and resulted from Trepper's betrayal of certain addresses and a rendezvous which he made with Springer under Gestapo orders.
Springer was captured on December 16th and executed on 27-12-1942 in Paris.
Addresses.
33 Rue Maland, Paris II (dec 1930-mar 1931)
15 Boulevard du President Wilson, Strasbourg. (mar 1931)
42 Avenue Berthelot, Lyons (1942)
Personal particulars.
Nationality: Belgian.
Date of birth: 23-07-1912, Antwerp.
Occupation: In Belgium, 1940-1941, occupied as a diamond merchant in Rue Royale, Brussels.
Relatives: Son of Simon Springer and Irma, nee Künlintger
'Lover of Charlotte (Flora) van Vliet.
Unmarried.
Source: KV3/351.
By 1940 he had moved to Belgium as an active member of Gurevich's group; here he was probably mainly concerned with recruitment and was a courier between Gurevich in Brussels and Trepper in Paris.
By 1941 following Marakov's arrest, fled to Paris with Gurevich and was posted in Lyon, where he established an intelligence group and attempted, but failed, to achieve an independent WT link with Moscow. His group of agents included his mistress, Flora van Vliet, Germaine Schneider, Roger Schumacher, Joseph Katz Hezekiel Schreiber and Jacques Blumsack.
The detection and liquidation of the Lyons group followed that of Trepper himself and resulted from Trepper's betrayal of certain addresses and a rendezvous which he made with Springer under Gestapo orders.
Springer was captured on December 16th and executed on 27-12-1942 in Paris.
Addresses.
33 Rue Maland, Paris II (dec 1930-mar 1931)
15 Boulevard du President Wilson, Strasbourg. (mar 1931)
42 Avenue Berthelot, Lyons (1942)
Personal particulars.
Nationality: Belgian.
Date of birth: 23-07-1912, Antwerp.
Occupation: In Belgium, 1940-1941, occupied as a diamond merchant in Rue Royale, Brussels.
Relatives: Son of Simon Springer and Irma, nee Künlintger
'Lover of Charlotte (Flora) van Vliet.
Unmarried.
Source: KV3/351.