Erna Eifler
Erna Eifler (31 August 1908 in Berlin, 8 April or 7 June 1944 in Ravensbrück concentration camp) was a German steno typist secretary, who became a communist, resistance fighter, Soviet GRU agent and courier. In 1942, Eifler along with GRU agent Wilhelm Fellendorf were trained by Soviet intelligence in sabotage, wireless telegraphy and parachuting. In May 1942, they were both parachuted into East Prussia by a Russian bomber, with seperate missions to contact members of the Berlin based Red Orchestra ("Rote Kapelle"). Life. Eifler grew up an orphan, after her father, Hermann Eifler, a lithographer died in 1919  and mother died in 1922, leaving her and her four siblings alone. After attending school, Eifler completed a commercial apprenticeship to train to work as a stenotypist. By 1926, Eifler was a member of Communist International (Comintern). In 1928, she began working for the Soviet Trade Delegation in Hamburg.