Karl Radek

Karl Radek

Karl Bernhardovic Radek (Russian: Карл Бернга́рдович Ра́дек) (31 October 1885 – 19 May 1939) was a Marxist active in the Polish and German social democratic movements before World War I and an international Communist leader after the Russian Revolution.

Read more about Karl Radek:  Early Life, Germany and 'The Radek Affair', World War I and The Russian Revolution, Comintern and The German Revolution, Into Opposition, Capitulation To Stalin and Show Trials

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