| Franz Pfemfert | |
|---|---|
_Franz_Pfemfert.jpg) Memorial plaque to Pfemfert, Nassauische Straße 17, Berlin-Wilmersdorf | |
| Born | (1879-11-20)November 20, 1879 Lötzen, German Empire |
| Died | May 26, 1954(1954-05-26) (aged 74) Mexico City, Mexico |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Spouse | Alexandra Ramm-Pfemfert |
Franz Pfemfert (20 November 1879, Lötzen, East Prussia (now Giżycko, Poland) – 26 May 1954, Mexico City) was a German journalist, editor of Die Aktion, literary critic, politician and portrait photographer. Pfemfert occasionally wrote under the pseudonym U. Gaday (derived from Russian "ugadaj", dt: "guess").
In 1911 he married Alexandra Ramm, who had moved to Berlin from Russia and who was involved in Russian translations.
Pfemfert was involved in founding the Antinationale Sozialisten-Partei (Antinational Socialist Party), originally a clandestine organisation founded in 1915. Die Aktion became its official organ following the German Revolution in November 1918.
He subsequently became close friends with Leon Trotsky, even though he maintained quite distinct political views.
After the Nazi seizure of power, Pfemfert fled to Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovakia. Here the Czech stalinists called for his deportation.
Publishing
Alongside publishing Die Aktion, Pfemfert published a variety of authors:
References
- Taylor, Seth (1990). Left-Wing Nietzscheans: The Politics of German Expressionism 1910-1920. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. p. 220.
- Pervulescu, Constantin (2006). After the Revolution: The Individualist Anarchist Journal "Der Einzige" and the Making of the Radical Left in the Early Post-World War I Germany (PhD thesis). University of Minnesota. p. 28.
- Bois, Marcel. "A Transnational Friendship in the Age of Extremes: Leon Trotsky and the Pfemferts" (PDF). Twentieth Century Communism. 10. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
- Shachtman, Max. "Behind the Moscow Trial". Marxist Internet Archive. Pioneer Publishers—New York 1936. Retrieved 29 September 2017.