Leo Levy Papers

Period  (1894) 1901-1905, 1914-1935 (1939-1947)
Total size   0.2 m.
Consultation Not restricted
Repository  Internationaal Instituut voor Sociale Geschiedenis

Biography

Born in Diedensheim, Germany 1877, died in Cuddebackville, New York, USA 1959; lived alternately in Germany and Belgium and became a Belgian citizen; politically active as a member of the Parti Ouvrier Belge (POB) from 1901, Parti Communiste de Belgique (PCB) from 1919, Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands (KPD) from 1921 and Secours Rouge International (SRI) Brussels 1926; founder of the Association des Négociants en Pommes de Terre et Fruits de Belgique 1907; technical director of the Centrale des Pommes de Terre 1915-1918; commercial leader of the Secours Ouvrier International aux Affames de la Russie Soviétique 1921.

Content

Autobiographical notes; letters, articles, some other documents and printed material on his contact with Karl Liebknecht and the visit of his daughter Vera Liebknecht to the Levy family 1914-1934 and on his role in the organization of relief for the Russian famine in 1921-1922; articles on various topics; membership cards.