Willi Münzenberg: Fighter Against Fascism and Stalinism

ISBN-13: 9780367344726 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 288 str.

John Green

Opis

Willi Münzenberg was a towering figure in the anti-fascist movement during the first half of the 20^th century. This is the first detailed biography in English to give coverage of the full range of Münzenberg's activism.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Early life  2. An émigré in Switzerland  3. Germany in Turmoil  4. Rebuilding the socialist youth movement  5. The Comintern’s emissary in Western Europe  6. The Communist Party and Civil War in Germany  7. Entrepreneur and Propagandist supremo  8. Publishing mogul  9. The influence of the KPD and Münzenberg’s organisation on working class culture in Germany  10. League against Imperialism  11. Fleeing the Nazis to France  12. Reichstag Fire and Counter Trial  13. Battles with the KPD leadership  14. French internment and mysterious death  15. Münzenberg’s British Secret Service Files  16. Summing up Münzenberg’s historical contribution

O autorze

John Green is a journalist and author. He worked for two decades making television documentaries before devoting himself to writing. He has since written several biographies, including one on Friedrich Engels and this his second for Routledge. He lived in Germany for a number of years and has a keen interest in twentieth-century German political history and culture. He and his wife live and work in West London.