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Willi Münzenberg

1889 - 1940

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Wilhelm Münzenberg (14 August 1889 – June 1940) was a German Communist activist and publisher who served as the first head of the Young Communist International from 1919 to 1921 and as a member of the Reichstag from 1924 to 1933. He also founded the famine relief and propaganda organization Workers International Relief in 1921. He was a leading propagandist for the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) during the Weimar Era, but later grew disenchanted with the USSR due to Joseph Stalin's Great Purge of the 1930s. Condemned by Stalin to be purged and arrested for treason, Münzenberg left the KPD and in Paris became a leader of the German émigré anti-fascism and anti-Stalinist community until forced to flee the Nazi advance into France in 1940. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Willi Münzenberg is the 8,139th most popular politician (down from 7,973rd in 2019), the 2,231st most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,227th in 2019) and the 667th most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Willi Münzenberg ranks 8,139 out of 19,576. Before him are Micheon of Goguryeo, Eberhard I, Duke of Württemberg, Rodrigo Lara, Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel, Lew Wallace, and Doubravka of Bohemia. After him are Natalia Alexeievna, Lucius Caecilius Metellus Dalmaticus, Tommaso Mocenigo, Euphrosyne, Elisabeth of Bavaria, Electress of Brandenburg, and Mutimir of Serbia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Willi Münzenberg ranks 86. Before him are Karel Doorman, Imre Schlosser, Warner Baxter, Pierre-Étienne Flandin, Erhard Raus, and Ernst Niekisch. After him are Reşat Nuri Güntekin, Fritz Pfeffer, Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi, Richard Boleslawski, Mile Budak, and Kenwa Mabuni. Among people deceased in 1940, Willi Münzenberg ranks 67. Before him are Wilhelm Dörpfeld, Georgios Tsitas, Marie Krøyer, Giuseppe Motta, Pedro de Alcântara, Prince of Grão-Pará, and Arthur Zimmermann. After him are Nedo Nadi, Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval, Prince Wilhelm of Prussia, Alfred Loisy, Ivane Javakhishvili, and Thomas Heath.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Willi Münzenberg ranks 2,232 out of 7,253. Before him are Ernest of Bavaria (1554), Erdoğan Atalay (1966), Ernest, Duke of Bavaria (1373), Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen (1760), Eberhard I, Duke of Württemberg (1445), and Maximilian Maria, 7th Prince of Thurn and Taxis (1862). After him are Natalia Alexeievna (1755), Elisabeth of Bavaria, Electress of Brandenburg (1383), Max Richter (1966), Christian Ludwig II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1683), Kai Hansen (1963), and Marianne Koch (1931).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Willi Münzenberg ranks 667. Before him are Stephen the Posthumous (1236), Paul von Hase (1885), Wilhelm Marr (1819), Ernest of Bavaria (1554), Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen (1760), and Eberhard I, Duke of Württemberg (1445). After him are Natalia Alexeievna (1755), Elisabeth of Bavaria, Electress of Brandenburg (1383), Christian Ludwig II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1683), Heinz Jost (1904), Frederick Augustus II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg (1852), and Adolph Diesterweg (1790).

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