Anton Winterink worked as a radio operator for the Soviet espionage group's that was associated with the Soviet GRU officer, Konstantin Jeffremov, in 1940.
11 Facts About Anton Winterink
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In late 1940, Anton Winterink established an espionage organisation based in Amsterdam, that became known as Group Hilda that operated until early 1943.
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Anton Winterink was arrested on 18 August 1942 by the Sonderkommando Rote Kapelle in Amsterdam.
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Around 1938, Anton Winterink met the artist Riek de Raat, at the home of De Raat's friend, Rita Storck.
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In 1933, Anton Winterink was one of three officials that ran the Netherlands branch of the International Red Aid, a social organisation that helped displaced communists with food and accommodation.
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Goulooze recommended Anton Winterink, who was taken to Brussels where he was trained by Wenzel in Soviet wireless telegraphy procedures and ciphers.
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Anton Winterink was recruited to work in the Jeffremov group in Belgium and worked for the group for most of 1940.
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On 18 or 19 August 1942, Anton Winterink was arrested by the Gestapo from the Sonderkommando Rote Kapelle, at a cafe in Amsterdam.
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Anton Winterink was sent to a prisoner-of-war camp in Brussels, before being sent to Fort Breendonk.
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Anton Winterink was interrogated and tortured for two weeks by the Sonderkommando in Brussels, after which he agreed to work for the Abwehr.
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Four months later on the 5 July 1944, Anton Winterink was shot at the Tir national firing-range in Brussels.