Ernst Thälmann: Man and Myth in New Literature

Authors

  • Norman LaPorte

Abstract

Review essay of:

• Eberhard Czichon, Heinz Marohn (with Ralph Dobrawa): Thälmann. Ein Report [Thälmann. A Report], Berlin, Verlag Wiljo Heinen, 2010. 1178 pp. – ISBN 9783939828563.

• Armin Fuhrer: Ernst Thälmann. Soldat des Proletariats [Ernst Thälmann. Soldier of the Proletariat], München, Olzog Verlag, 2011. 352 pp. – ISBN 9783957680440.

• Russel Lemmons: Hitler’s Rival. Ernst Thälmann in Myth and Memory, Kentucky, University of Kentucky Press, 2013. 428 pp. – ISBN 9780813140902.

• Joachim Paschen: “Wenn Hamburg brennt, brennt die Welt”. Der kommunistische Griff nach der Macht im Oktober 1923 [“If Hamburg Burns, the World Will Burn, Too”. The Communist Reach for Power in October 1923], Frankfurt am Main, Peter Lang, 2010. 264 pp. – ISBN 9783631609194.

University of South Wales
Treforest, Wales, UK

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Published

2016-06-01

Issue

Vol 20/21, No 27-28 (2014/2015)

Section

New Publications – Reports, Presentations and Reviews