Willi Munzenberg - Fighter Against Fascism and Stalinism

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

List of contents

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

About the author

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.

Summary

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

Product details

• Authors: John Green
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.12.2019
• EAN: 9780367344733
• ISBN: 978-0-367-34473-3
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Routledge Studies in Radical History and Politics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, Biography: historical, political & military, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Radicalism, Political activism, Fascism & Nazism, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Far-right political ideologies and movements, Biography: historical, political and military, Marxism & Communism, Political activism / Political engagement, HISTORY / Revolutions, Uprisings & Rebellions