But it was actually the Gestapo who came up with this name in the first place - as they sought to discredit the organization as a Soviet espionage group that was full of “Communist traitors.”
This was largely due to the group’s name - and its obvious link to the Soviet Union. And scores of members gave their lives in order to do so.īut after World War II, the Red Orchestra’s efforts were distorted by history. The people who joined this secret resistance group - artists, journalists, and government officials - were all determined to take Hitler down. When the Nazis began rising to power in the 1930s, many Germans did not try to stop them.
Wikimedia Commons Harro Schulze-Boysen, Arvid Harnack, and Mildred Fish-Harnack were a few famous leaders of the Red Orchestra.
