Neutert was born in the
Hermsdorf district of
Berlin. In 1923, he emigrated to
Brazil where he lived until 1926, when he returned to Germany. Due to his membership in the
Communist Party of Germany (KPD), Neutert was fired from his job as an
electrician in 1928; he then earned a living as a
masseur. After the
Nazi Party came to power in 1933, Neutert was active in the communist resistance. He was arrested on 16 September 1936, and sentenced to two and a half years' imprisonment by the
People's Court, which he served in
Brandenburg-Görden Prison and
Amberg in
Bavaria. After his release in spring 1939, Neutert continued his activities with the underground resistance. Working together with
Hans Coppi who introduced him to the group around
Wilhelm Schürmann-Horster and other members of the
Red Orchestra, Neutert's main task was the production and distribution of flyers and leaflets; he was involved in the production of
Die Innere Front (
The Home Front), an illegal newspaper published by the Red Orchestra. Neutert managed to procure both a typewriter and the wax matrices that were to be used by the
hectograph process for printing. On 23 October 1942, Neutert was arrested once again. He was sentenced to death by the
Volksgerichtshof in August 1943, and executed in
Plötzensee Prison on 9 September the same year. A
stolperstein in memory of Neutert is located in Richard-Sorge-Straße 65 in the
Friedrichshain district of Berlin, the address where he lived. ==References==