Alfred Kurella was born on May 2, 1895 in Brieg, Silesia, Germany. He was a writer, known for
The Struggle (1936) and
Unterwegs zu Lenin (1969). He was married to Sonja Matthäus, Elfriede Cohn-Vossen, Valentina Nikolaevna Sorokoumowskaja and Margret Hahlo. He died on June 12, 1975 in Berlin, Germany.