Description
Letters, documents, leaflets, clippings created by the National Committee to Aid Victims of
German Fascism in New York in 1933. Organized by Workers International Relief in 1933 following the accession to power of Adolf
Hitler in Germany, its aim was to mobilize the free world and raise funds to save people being persecuted by the Nazis.
Background
The National Committee to Aid Victims of
German Fascism was organized by Workers International Relief, an adjunct to the international Communist Party, following the rise
to power of Adolf Hitler in Germany. The goal was to raise enough funds to save the maximum amount of persecuted individuals
in Nazi Germany. The Executive Secretary of the Committee was Alfred Wagenknecht, an American Marxist activist and political
functionary. He is best remembered for having played a critical role in the establishment of the American Communist Party
in 1919 as a leader of the Left Wing Section of the Socialist Party. Wagenknecht served as Executive Secretary of the Communist
Labor Party of America and the United Communist Party of America in 1919 and 1920, respectively.
Extent
0.21 Linear Feet
1 box
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