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Willi Munzenberg - Fighter against Fascism and Stalinism (Hardcover)
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Willi Munzenberg - Fighter against Fascism and Stalinism (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Studies in Radical History and Politics
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Willi Munzenberg 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
the use 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
coverage to the full range of Munzenberg's activism. There are
valuable lessons 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 those studying the history of the radical left.
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