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1 online resource (303 pages) |
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Routledge Studies in Radical History and Politics Ser |
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Routledge studies in radical history and politics.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Epigraph; Table of Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 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 |
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11: Fleeing the Nazis to France12: 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; Select bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Willi Mnzenberg was a towering figure in the anti-fascist movement during the first half of the twentieth century. He was acquainted with many of the leading left wing activists and thinkers of his day including Lenin, Rosa Luxemburg, Karl Liebknecht, and Karl Radek. He also played a foundational role in several important transnational organisations such as the Socialist Youth International, the largest anti-war movement in opposition to the First World War, the International Workers' Relief organisation, and the League against Colonialism and for National Independence. As a film distributor and promoter, he brought modern Soviet films to western Europe. As a publicist and manager, he built up the most influential left-wing media empire in the Weimar Republic and initiated the pioneering use of photography and photo montage. He was also a long-time member of the Reichstag. He was a pioneer in theuse of a variety of media and the way he gained the support and collaboration of progressive politicians, artists and intellectuals ensured that he would become the leading, and most effective, opponent of Hitler's and Goebbels' propaganda machine, as he exposed the venality and brutality of the Nazis. Late in life, his turn against Stalinism almost certainly led to his mysterious death. This is the first detailed biography in English to give coveragetothe full rangeof Mnzenberg's activism. There are valuablelessons to be learnt from the book about the best ways to counter fascism which are powerfully relevant to our contemporary political situation. It should be of great interest to activists, scholars and thosestudying the history of the radical left |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-279) and index |
| Notes |
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 |
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Münzenberg, Willi.
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| SUBJECT |
Münzenberg, Willi fast |
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Communists -- Germany -- Biography
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Propaganda, Communist -- History
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Communism -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
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Communism -- Soviet Union -- History
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Youth movements -- Germany -- History
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Nazi propaganda -- Germany -- History
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Political.
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HISTORY -- Revolutionary.
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Youth movements
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Nazi propaganda
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Communism
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Communists
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Propaganda, Communist
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Germany
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Soviet Union
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Biographies
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History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781000751352 |
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100075135X |
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9780429326035 |
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0429326033 |
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9781000751444 |
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1000751449 |
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9781000751536 |
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1000751538 |
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