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Revision as of 14:03, 26 January 2008 by Donald Albury (talk | contribs) (→References: restore Defaultsort)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Paul Levi (March 11, 1883 – February 9, 1930) was a German Communist politician.
Levi, born in Hechingen into a Jewish middle-class family, joined the Social Democratic Party of Germany in 1906. There he became part of the party’s left wing together with Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht. Levi was also Luxemburg's lawyer in political cases.
During World War I, Levi became one of the leaders of the Spartacist League which soon became the Communist Party of Germany. After the failure of the German Communist Revolution of 1918/1919, and the killing of the party’s main leaders Rosa Luxemburg, Karl Liebknecht and Leo Jogiches, Levi took over as the new central leader of the Communist Party.
Levi headed the German delegation to the second congress of the Comintern in Moscow in 1920, but it is said that Vladimir Lenin did not like him.
Levi was expelled from the Communist Party for publicly criticizing party policies following the March uprisings of 1921.
After being expelled from the Communist Party, Levi formed the Communist Workers' Community. Later, he rejoined the Social Democratic Party.
Levi died in Berlin in 1930. He succumbed to injuries he suffered when he fell out of his window. The circumstances of his fall have not been clarified.
References
- Leon Trotsky (1922) "Paul Levi and Some 'Lefts'". The First Five Years of the Communist International. Retrieved from May 20, 2007.