Paul Frölich : in the radical camp : a political autobiography 1890-1921

Paul Frölich was a key figure in the formative years of German Communism. From a working-class family, he was active in the Social Democratic Party from the late 1890s, a left radical opposed to the First World War, and a founder member of the KPD. His previously unpublished memoir, only recently discovered, casts valuable new light on a key period, particularly the Comintern intervention that led to the disastrous ‘March action’ of 1921. The text on which the present, slightly abridged edition is based was originally published in German as Im radikalen Lager: Politische Autobiographie 1890-1921, by BasisDruck Verlag GmbH, 2013, ISBN 978-3-86163-147-7. The Translation of this work was genourasly supported by The Hans Böckler Stiftung. See Less ‎Contents ‎Introduction: Paul Frölich’s Uncompleted Memoirs (Tosstorff) ‎Political Autobiography 1890–1921 ‎Preface ‎Chapter 1. Leipzig ‎1. A Party Worker from the Time of the Anti-socialist Law ‎2. Leipzig Hotchpotch ‎3. ‘Bolshevism’ among the Leipzig Social Democrats ‎4. Other Times ‎5. ‘Socialism as a Commodity’ ‎Chapter 2. Hamburg ‎1. A Cockfight ‎2. The ‘Mammoth’ ‎3. Old and Young ‎4. Anecdotes ‎Chapter 3. The War ‎1. Bremen ‎2. 4 August ‎3. With the Army ‎4. The Conflict in the Party ‎5. Kiental ‎6. The Arbeiterpolitik ‎7. Spartacus and the Left Radicals ‎8. General Strike in Bremen ‎9. Army Experiences, 1916–17 ‎10. The Wanderings of a Soldier ‎Chapter 4. November 1918 ‎1. The Revolutionary Shop Stewards ‎2. The Hamburg Left during the War ‎3. 6 November 1918 ‎4. Revolutionary Politics in Hamburg ‎Chapter 5. Foundation of the Communist Party (Spartacus League) ‎1. Conference of the Left Radicals ‎2. The Merger with the Spartacus League ‎3. January to March 1919 ‎4. Leo Jogiches as Party Leader ‎Chapter 6. Munich 1919 ‎1. Polemical Interlude ‎Chapter 7. The Split in the Party ‎Chapter 8. The Kapp Putsch ‎Chapter 9. From the Kapp Putsch to the March Action ‎Chapter 10. The March Action of 1921 ‎Appendix 1: Karl Radek to the Central Committee of the KPD, 9 January 1919 ‎Appendix 2: Paul Levi to the Central Committee of the KPD, 16 March 1920 ‎Appendix 3. Letter to Comrade Nikolaevsky, 15 July 1938 ‎Appendix 4. Speech by Paul Frölich: ‘Heinz Behrendt, Killed in Action on the Island of Biak, 18 June 1944’ ‎Selected Biographies ‎Index Briefwechsel Paul Frölich : Boris Nikolajewski 1938 -- Politische Autobiographie 1890-1921 -- Vorbemerkung -- Leipzig -- Ein Parteiarbeiter aus der Zeit des Sozialistengesetzes -- Leipziger Allerlei -- "Bolschewismus" in der Leipziger Sozialdemokratie -- Andere Zeiten -- "Der Sozialismus als Ware" -- Hamburg -- Ein Hahnenkampf -- Das "Mammuth" -- Alte und Junge -- Anekdotisches -- Der Krieg -- Bremen -- Der 4. August -- Im Felde -- Die Auseinandersetzung in der Partei -- Kiental -- Die "Arbeiterpolitik" -- Spartakus und Linksradikale -- Generalstreik in Bremen -- Bei der Truppe 1916-17 -- Soldat auf Wanderschaft -- November 1918 -- Die revolutionären Obleute -- Die Hamburger Linke im Krieg -- November 1918 -- Hamburger Revolutionspolitik -- Gründung der Kommunistischen Partei (Spartakusbund) -- Konferenz der Linksradikalen -- Verschmelzung mit dem Spartakusbund -- Januar bis März 1919 -- Leo Jogiches als Parteichef -- München 1919 -- Polemisches Zwischenspiel -- Die Spaltung der Partei -- Der Kapp-Putsch -- Vom Kapp-Putsch bis zur Märzaktion -- Die Märzaktion 1921 -- Anmerkungen zum Text -- Textanhang -- Karl Radek am 9. Januar 1919 an das ZK der KPD -- Rosa Luxemburg am 11. Januar 1919 an Clara Zetkin -- Paul Levi am 16. März 1920 an das ZK der KPD -- Paul Frölich : Gedenkrede auf Heinz Behrendt, 1945 in New York ---- Anhang-- Reiner Tosstorff : Paul Frölichs unvollendetet Autobiographie-- Editorische Notiz-- Abkürzungen-- Abbildungen-- Personenregister. "Paul Frölich was a key figure in the formative years of German Communism. From a working-class family, he was active in the Social Democratic Party from the late 1890s, a left radical opposed to the First World War, and a founder member of the KPD. His previously unpublished memoir, only recently discovered, casts valuable new light on a key period, particularly the Comintern intervention that led to the disastrous 'March action' of 1921"-- Provided by publisher