Louis Fischer (journalist)
Louis Fischer (* 1896 in Philadelphia ; † 1970 ) was an American journalist.
Fischer came from a poor Jewish family who immigrated to the United States from Ukraine. After the First World War he went to Europe as a journalist and reported mainly for the weekly newspaper The Nation , mainly from the Soviet Union. From 1923 he quickly became a proponent of Stalinism . He also supported Stalin's policies as a correspondent in the Spanish Civil War . He returned to the United States before World War II began. After the conclusion of the Hitler-Stalin Pact in 1939, Fischer broke with Stalinism and became an anti-communist .
Web links
- Literature by and about Louis Fischer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short biography
- Fischer, Louis, 1896-1970 , findingaids.princeton.edu
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| SURNAME | Fischer, Louis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1896 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Philadelphia |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1970 |