Clara Zetkin Papers

Period 1895-1933
Total size  16 microfilms
Consultation Not restricted
User restriction For quotation of more than 6 lines and publication of texts or parts of texts permission has to be obtained from the RCChIDNI

Biography

Born in Saxony; editor of the social democratic women's periodical Die Gleichheit 1892-1917; headed the International Women's Secretariat of the Second International from 1907; instigated International Women's Day, first celebrated in 1911; joined the Unabhängige Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (USPD) in 1917 and the Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands (KPD) in 1919; worked for the COMINTERN from 1920-1933.

Content

Letters sent by Zetkin to various correspondents, including Heleen Ankersmit 1910-1929, Aleksandra Kollontaj 1909-1914, Elena Stasova 1922-1933, Grigorij Zinov'ev 1921-1925, the Executive Committee of the COMINTERN (ECCI) and its sections 1921-1932, the Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands (KPD) and its Frauenabteilung 1922-1932; letters received by Zetkin from various correspondents, including Rosa Luxemburg 1899, 1907-1919, Emilie Motteler 1901-1918, and Julius Motteler 1890-1906; correspondence with relatives; typed and printed articles and other publications by Zetkin 1905, 1906, 1911-1933; extracts, notes, etc.; Russian translations of articles by Zetkin 1893-1917; articles and other documents on Zetkin; personal documents.

Location of originals

Originals at the Rossiskij Centr Chranenija i Izucenija Dokumentov Novejsej (RCChIDNI fund 528)

Finding aid

Inventory in Russian (on paper) available in IISH-reading room.