Theodor Otto Richard Plievier (until 1933: Plivier) (February 12, 1892 in Berlin – March 12, 1955 in Avegno, Switzerland) was the German author of Stalingrad, (1945), Moscow (1952) and Berlin (1954).
Plievier was born in Berlin in 1892. During Plievier's young adult life, he traveled and worked as a sailor in Europe and overseas. Through his travels he was exposed to anarchist-syndicalist philosophies that would influence his later work.
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Theodor Otto Richard Plievier (until 1933: Plivier) (February 12, 1892 in Berlin – March 12, 1955 in Avegno, Switzerland) was the German author of Stalingrad, (1945), Moscow (1952) and Berlin (1954).
Plievier was born in Berlin in 1892. During Plievier's young adult life, he traveled and worked as a sailor in Europe and overseas. Through his travels he was exposed to anarchist-syndicalist philosophies that would influence his later work.
During World War I, Plievier volunteered in the Imperial Navy and participated in the 1918 Wilhelmshaven mutiny.
Under the Weimar Republic, Plievier became a social critic and author. His early works sought to connect personal experience and documentary with literature. He founded the "Publishing House of the 12" (Verlag der Zwölf) in Berlin during the 1920s. During this period he wrote and published Des Kaisers Kulis (The Kaiser's Coolies), a critical account of his experience in the Marine during World War I.
After Hitler took power in 1933 and his...
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