Walter Bertsch



Walter Bertsch (January 4, 1900 in Oppenweiler - January 5, 1952 in Brno) was a German SS and Nazi Party member, who served as Minister of Economy and Labour in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.

A longtime German civil servant, Bertsch was brought to Prague specifically to serve in the Protectorate government. Bertsch was a member of the Nazi Party and held the rank of SS-Oberführer. In 1948 he was found guilty by a Czechoslovak court of overseeing the transfer of funds from the National Bank of Czechoslovakia to the German government and sentenced to life imprisonment.