Walter and Jenny Fließ
A couple who lived for the cause

The Jewish couple Walter and Jenny Fließ, both born in 1901, came to Cologne in the mid-1920s. Both were politically active and, after the founding of the ISK, put their energies into the Cologne group, which they led. The ISK recognised early on the danger posed by the growing National Socialist Party and focused its political activities on resistance.

From 1933, Walter and Jenny Fließ were at risk not only for their political convictions, but also because of their Jewish origins. When their restaurant was stormed and Jenny Fließ subjected to anti-Semitic abuse, she immediately fled to London.

After living for some months in the underground, Walter Fließ was warned by an acquaintance of his imminent arrest. He left Germany for the British capital at New Year 1934. In exile in London, the couple continued their resistance activities.