Rudi Graetz (1907 – 1 October 1977) was a

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. He was president of the ''"Central Workers' Circle of Friends of Esperanto"'', part of the quasi-governmental

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in the former

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, and committee member of the

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.Fritz Wollenberg, ''Jubilea Libro 1903-2003: Esperanto Lingvo Kaj Kulturo En Berlino''. Mondial, 2006. 368 pp He learned Esperanto in his youth, and was an active member of the Esperanto workers movement between the two world wars. After the revival of the Esperantism in the

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, in 1965, Graetz was chosen as its representative at the World Congress and other international meetings. Also, he was a functionary of the

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(World Peace Esperantist Movement). His articles often appeared in the magazines PACO and Der Esperantist. He died in

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at the age of 70.

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German Esperantists 1907 births 1977 deaths Translators to German Culture of East Germany 20th-century translators German male writers {{Germany-writer-stub