George Fles (1908–1939) was a Dutch translator with a strong communist conviction. He fell victim to Stalin's repressions.George was born in 1908 in Amsterdam, as the youngest son of Louis Fles and Celine van Straaten. He spent time in France and in the United Kingdom, where he married Pearl Rimel. With his newly wed wife he moved to the Soviet Union.In Moscow he worked as a translator. Later he was sent to Tblisi, Georgia, where he also worked as a translator.