Born:

August 14, 1889, Erfurt

Died:

June 21, 1940, Saint-Marcellin

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.

Mentioned in

• Hugo Simon (1880–1950) (Rafael Cardoso)