Walter Janka
Walter Janka | |
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Walter Janka at the extraordinary party congress of the SED (Socialist Unity Party of Germany/Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands) in Berlin (December 1989) | |
| Born | 29 April 1914 |
| Died | 17 March 1994 (aged 79) |
| Nationality | German |
| Occupation | Publisher |
Walter Janka (29 April 1914 – 17 March 1994) was a German communist, political activist and writer who became a publisher.
Janka is notable for having spent time incarcerated as a political prisoner under the rule of the Nazis and later imprisoned under suspicion of counter-revolutionary activities by the Supreme Court of East Germany, in both cases serving most of his sentence at Bautzen prison.