Willi Bredel papers, 1950-1976.

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Willi Bredel papers, 1950-1976.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122510575

The papers come from Bredel's secretary, Ursula Kilian, who worked for him from 1953 to 1964. Included are Bredel's notes to Kilian, as well as some carbon copies of her letters to him; Bredel's correspondence with others including Walter Janka and Friedrich Ebert; one letter from Bredel to Walter Ulbricht complaining that the paper allotment for his magazine had been suddenly cancelled; and a few items from Maj Bredel, Willi Bredel's wife.

.5 linear foot.

Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6742342

Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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Janka, Walter, 1914-....

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Ebert, Friedrich, 1894-1979

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Bredel, Willi, 1901-1964

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A socialist writer known for his depictions of proletarian life, Bredel was born in Hamburg. He joined the Communist Party at eighteen. In 1928 he became editor of HAMBURGER VOLKSZEITUNG, and two years later he was sentenced to a two-year jail term for "planning literary high treason." During this period he wrote his first novel, MASCHINENFABRIK N & K. Bredel was imprisoned by the Nazis from 1933 to 1934, and when released fled to Moscow, where he was one of the original founders of the "Nat...

Kilian, Ursula

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Bredel, Maj.

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Ulbricht, Walter, 1893-1973

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