The Last Revolutionaries: German Communists and Their Century

by Catherine Epstein

Book Overview

The Last Revolutionaries tells a story of unwavering political devotion: it follows the lives of German communists across the tumultuous twentieth century. Before 1945, German communists were political outcasts in the Weimar Republic and courageous resisters in Nazi Germany; they also suffered Stalin's Great Purges and struggled through emigration in countries hostile to communism. After World War II, they became leaders of East Germany,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674010450
• ISBN13: 9780674010451
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.4"