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Auteur(s) : Hoffrogge, Ralf (1980-....) Voir les notices liées en tant qu'auteur

Titre(s) : A Jewish Communist in Weimar Germany [Texte imprimé] : the life of Werner Scholem (1895-1940) / by Ralf Hoffrogge ; translated by Loren Balhorn, Jan-Peter Herrmann

Traduction de : Werner Scholem

Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XIII-640 p.) : ill. ; 25 cm

Collection : Historical materialism book series, ISSN 1570-1522 ; vol. 141

Lien à la collection : Historical materialism book series

Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 603-630) and index
Walter Benjamin derided him as a?rogue? in 1924. Josef Stalin described him as a?splendid man?, though he soon changed his mind, referring to Scholem as an?imbecile?, while Ernst Thälmann, chairman of the German Communist Party, warned against the dangers of?Scholemism?. For the philosopher and historian Gershom Scholem, however, Werner was first and foremost his older brother. The life of Weimar Germanyþs radical politician Werner Scholem (1895?1940) had many facets. Werner and Gerhard, later Gershom, had rebelled together against their authoritarian father and the atmosphere of national chauvinism that permeated Germany during the first world war. Inspiring his younger brother to take up the Zionist cause, Werner himself underwent a long personal journey before deciding to join the struggle for Communism. Scholem climbed the party ladder, pushed forward the?Bolshevisation? of the KPD, only to be expelled as an opponent of Stalin in 1926. In 1933 he was arrested, and in the summer of 1940 Scholem was murdered in Buchenwald Concentration Camp. This first biography of Werner Scholem tells the story of his life, based on a broad range of original sources and archive material hidden beyond the iron curtain during the Cold War era

Sujet(s) : Scholem, Werner (1895-1940) Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Communistes juifs -- Allemagne -- 1900-1945 Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Prisonniers politiques -- Allemagne -- 1900-1945 Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Juifs -- Persécutions -- Allemagne -- 1900-1945 Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet