Max Beer
Encyclopedia
Max Beer was an Austria
n-German
Marxist historian.
Beer was born in Galicia, Austria-Hungary
, and came to Germany in 1889 where he became editor of a Socialist paper. He moved to Great Britain
in 1894 and lived there for many years. Beer wrote books on the history of the socialist movement and later moved to the Soviet Union
where he worked at the Marx-Engels-Institute in Moscow
. Between 1929 and 1933, Beer was active in the German Communist Party where he lived and worked in Frankfurt am Main. When the Nazis took power in Germany in 1933, Beer fled to London
where he later died.
There is a street in the Mitte
district of Berlin
named after Beer.
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n-German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
Marxist historian.
Beer was born in Galicia, Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary , more formally known as the Kingdoms and Lands Represented in the Imperial Council and the Lands of the Holy Hungarian Crown of Saint Stephen, was a constitutional monarchic union between the crowns of the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary in...
, and came to Germany in 1889 where he became editor of a Socialist paper. He moved to Great Britain
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
in 1894 and lived there for many years. Beer wrote books on the history of the socialist movement and later moved to the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
where he worked at the Marx-Engels-Institute in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
. Between 1929 and 1933, Beer was active in the German Communist Party where he lived and worked in Frankfurt am Main. When the Nazis took power in Germany in 1933, Beer fled to London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
where he later died.
There is a street in the Mitte
Mitte
Mitte is the first and most central borough of Berlin. It was created in Berlin's 2001 administrative reform by the merger of the former districts of Mitte proper, Tiergarten and Wedding; the resulting borough retained the name Mitte. It is one of the two boroughs which comprises former West and...
district of Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
named after Beer.
External links
- Biography at the Marxists Internet Archive