Otto Schuessler
Otto Schüssler (born August 8, 1905 in Leipzig , † 1982 in Mexico ; alternative names: Oskar Fischer , Julián Suárez ) was a German Trotskyist .
In 1928 Schüssler founded the Bolshevik Unity group together with Erwin Heinz Ackerknecht and others . Schüssler was considered one of Leon Trotsky's most important confidants , was his secretary and accompanied him from 1932, when he first met him on Büyükada , until his assassination on August 20, 1940. When the Fourth International was founded on September 3, 1938 in Paris he appeared as a German delegate. Schüssler broke with the Fourth International during the World War. After the " seizure of power " by the National Socialists, Schüssler visited Germany, but after a few meetings with German Trotskyists decided to leave for Prague .
Schüssler was a member of the Paris Foreign Committee of the International Communists of Germany (IKD); in this function he was also an employee of the IKD newspaper Our Word .
Works
- Leninism against Stalinism , 1933, Prague: German Section d. Boarding school Left opposition (Bolshevik-Leninists). (as Oskar Fischer)
literature
- Schuessler, Otto . In: Hermann Weber , Andreas Herbst : German Communists. Biographisches Handbuch 1918 to 1945. 2nd, revised and greatly expanded edition. Dietz, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-320-02130-6 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Otto Schüssler in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Leon Trotsky: The agony of capitalism and the tasks of the Fourth International: the transition program . Arbeiterpresse-Verlag, Essen 1997, ISBN 3-88634-041-4 , p. 280 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schuessler, Otto |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fischer, Oskar; Suárez, Julián |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Trotskyist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 8, 1905 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1982 |
| Place of death | Mexico |