Jan Appel

Content by or about Jan Appel (22 August 1890 – 4 May 1985) a German revolutionary who participated in the German Revolution of 1918. He became a prominent Left Communist activist and theorist. Pseudonyms include: Max Hempel, Jan Arndt, Jan Voß.

Part 1: Discussion about Radek's Report on the Tactics of the International

Interventions by members of the KAPD at the Third Congress of the Communist International in 1921 in reply to Karl Radek's presentation on the tactics the CI should employ.

Sailors in front of the prison in Wilhelmshaven

The Wilhelmshaven revolt, 1918-1919 - Ikarus

The Wilhelmshaven Revolt - a chapter of the revolutionary movement in the German navy, 1918-1919, by 'Ikarus' - real name Ernst Schneider…

Putilov Factory, Petrograd

Fundamental principles of communist production and distribution

Full text of Fundamental Principles of Communist Production and Distribution, Collective work of the…

German Revolution

Autobiography of Jan Appel

Jan Appel, 1890-1985, was a German socialist and shipyard worker whose experience of the 1918 Revolution, after which he hijacked a steam ship to…