Collection GB 0097 COLL MISC 0494 - MEYER, Ernst, 1887-1930, Chairman of the German Communist Party

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GB 0097 COLL MISC 0494 1921-1930 collection One folder Meyer, Ernst, 1887-1930, Chairman of the German Communist Party
Ernst Meyer (1887-1930), Chairman of the KPD, was born in Prostken, Germany, the son of a train driver. He studied philosophy, history, theology, psychology and economics at Koeningsberg and Berlin universities. From 1912 he worked for the Imperial government in the Kaiserlichen Statistischen in Berlin. In 1908 he became a member of the German Social Democrat Party (Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands). He was also a founder member of the Spartacus League. The League was founded in 1914 by members of the Social Democrat Party who were opposed to the party's decision to support Germany's involvment in World War I. In 1918 he helped found the German Communist Party (Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands). He was voted on to the Executive Committee of the KPD and was director of KPD publications. From 1921 to 1923 he was Chairman of the Politbureau of the KPD. In 1922 he married Rose Levine (1890-1971), widow of Eugene Levine (1883-1919), who was leader of the German Communist Party until his execution in 1919. Meyer died of tuberculosis in 1930.

This collection contains photocopies and photographs of original letters from Ernst Meyer; Copies of his reports to the Politburo, the Zentral Komitee and the Comintern, 1928-1930; Statements and resolutions by Ernst Meyer, 1921, 1926, 1929; letters to and from Meyer by G Zinoviev, A Thalheimer, W Ulbricht and others, 1922-1929.

This collection is arranged by recipient of letter and date.

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Output from CAIRS using template 14 and checked by hand on May 8, 2002 8 May 2002 Collectivism Communism Europe Germany Kommunistiche Partei Deutschlands x KPD Meyer , Ernst , 1887-1930 , Chairman of the German Communist Party Nazism Political doctrines Political movements Political science Political systems Politics Thalheimer , August , 1884-1948 , German socialist Totalitarianism Ullbricht , Walter , 1893-1973 , German communist leader Western Europe Zinoviev , Gregory , 1883-1936 , Russian communist leader

This collection contains photocopies and photographs of original letters from Ernst Meyer; Copies of his reports to the Politburo, the Zentral Komitee and the Comintern, 1928-1930; Statements and resolutions by Ernst Meyer, 1921, 1926, 1929; letters to and from Meyer by G Zinoviev, A Thalheimer, W Ulbricht and others, 1922-1929.

This collection is arranged by recipient of letter and date.

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APPLY TO ARCHIVIST

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German.

No handlist available.

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