The Feldpostnummer list that let her mail deserter leaflets toppled her future

A young woman in Döblinger Park holds a list of 1,000 Feldpostnummern and a stack of deserter leaflets-how do you fall from that high? The Feldpostnummer list that let her mail deserter leaflets toppled her future In this episode, we follow a twenty‑year‑old woman whose life shifts from chemistry student to underground publisher after racial law expels her from university. The episode traces how she became Paula in the Lit‑Apparat, ran District Three, and used a thousand military mail codes to target Wehrmacht soldiers-what choices did she make and why? Person: Elfriede Beate Hartmann Date: 24 February 1942 (leaflets found) Location: Döblinger Park, northern Vienna Age: 20-22 Organization: Lit‑Apparat / Young Communists - Expelled from university in mid‑1940 under the Nuremberg racial law after five months of study. - Adopted the cover name Paula and wrote much of the underground newspaper Die Rote Jugend. - Led District Three, covering five postal districts including Vienna’s main railway station hub. - Rudolf Masl brought her over one thousand Feldpostnummern during a brief leave from Norway in autumn 1941. - From October 1941 to February 1942 the group mailed targeted leaflets and the publication Der Soldatenrat into the Wehrmacht postal system. To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com. © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: [email protected].