Julius Braunthal Papers

Periode 1891-1972
Omvang   4 m.
Raadpleging Not restricted

Biografie

Born in Vienna 1891, died in Teddington, Great Britain 1972; writer, active in the international social democratic movement; member of the executive committees of the Sozialdemokratische Arbeiterpartei in Österreich (SDAP) and the Republikanischer Schutzbund; imprisoned and tried for high treason in 1934, expelled from Austria in 1935; lived in Belgium 1935-1936; settled in Great Britain in 1938; editor of the Tribune from 1937, the International Socialist Forum 1938-1948; secretary of the Committee of the International Socialist Conferences (COMISCO) 1949-1951, secretary-general of the Socialist International (SI) 1951-1956; author of the `History of the International' in three volumes, published between 1961-1971.

Inhoud

Documents on his trial, his family and their emigration 1934-1946, and biographical notes; correspondence with Austrian, British and other socialists 1891-1972, including Rafail Abramovič, Friedrich Adler and Karl Kautsky, on the International Socialist Forum 1941-1948 and correspondence issued as secretary-general of the Socialist International 1950-1956; radio talks for the BBC 1939-1943, 1948-1949; manuscripts of published and unpublished books, articles, lectures, speeches, notably on the political situation and socialism in Austria, Germany, Israel, Asia; notes and other documents relating to his biographies on Otto Bauer (including the manuscript) and Victor and Friedrich Adler; correspondence on his publications and speeches, and press clippings of reviews; some other documents and press clippings on various subjects; some printed material.

Processing information

Inventory by Emile Schwidder in 1977