Vitman Boris Vladimirovich

Definition: Scout. He had ranks in boxing and swimming, owned small arms, was fluent in German, incl. dialects. His self-portrait in the Dudinsky Museum. He wrote two documentary books, “The Spy Whose Motherland Betrayed” (Elka, 1993), and “The Boa Constrictor Syndrome” (Terra, 1993).
Years of life: 1920-
Reproduction methods:
Genus. in the village Yartsevo, Smolensk province. Drafted into the army in 1939, artilleryman. I met the beginning of the war as a private on the border of Bessarabia. He retreated and was wounded. Participated in the Kharkov operation, was wounded and captured. I was in a concentration camp in Essen. Collected information about the production of V-1 and V-2. He escaped from the German camp four times, fought in the Austrian resistance, together with Karl Szokoll and Ferdinand Kez (honorary citizens of Austria), participated and saved Vienna from destruction. Architect in the village Half of the Molotov region. Arrested by SMERSH on November 20, 1947. Charge under Art. 58-1 “b” of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR. Convicted on 04/06/1948 by a troika consisting of Abakumov, Alferov, Merkulov, despite the protest of the deputy. Ch. Military Prosecutor Major General V.S. Frolov (absence of corpus delicti) for 10 years in a labor camp. The term was served in Norillag, where he arrived in 1949 at the port port in Dudinka. From there he was sent to a penalty area 6 km from Dudinka. In 1947 he was transferred to 6 l/p, worked as an artist in the plant management, transferred to the OMC, worked as a design engineer for about two years, transferred to a repair and construction office as an engineer until 1951, transferred to 18 l/p, worked in a mine. Released on August 23, 1954.

Documents (1)

Fund 02 (Б-1) / Inventory 1 / Case Соколл (Сцоколь) Карл (нем. Carl Szokoll)
1. The article "He was hanged", published in the newspaper "Moscow News" No. 36 of 09/09/1990 and dedicated to Sokoll K.