Arthur Holitscher (22 August 1869 â€" 14 October 1941) was a Hungarian
playwright, novelist, essayist and writer on traveling. Born into an
upper middle-class Jewish merchant family in Pest, Hungary, he began
his career working for a bank for six years.His career as a writer
began in Germany in the mid-1890s.In September 1917, Holitscher
attended the Third Zimmerwald Conference held in Stockholm in the
capacity of a correspondent for the Viennese paper Neuen Freien
Presse.[1] He was also involved with the pacifist organisation Bund
Neues Vaterland (New Fatherland Confederation) and was active as a
socialist.[1] In September 1919 Holitscher was invited to meet with
Karl Radek at Moabit prison to discuss joining a commission to visit
Russia. The proposed commission consisted of experts in agriculture,
industry, a former Secretary of State as a specialist in
administration, a representative of the Radical Workers of Berlin, and
the Chief of Police of a large Swiss city. The German authorities were
prepared to sanction this, however they decided to send Radek back to
Russia in January 1920 and the proposed commission was shelved.
Nevertheless, Holitscher was to take a trip to Russia separately
departing for three months in September 1920.[2] This led to the
publication of Drei Monate in Sowjet-Russland (Three months in Soviet
Russia) in 1921.In 1922 he contributed to the Foreword to the
catalogue for the First Russian Art Exhibition held in Berlin.
playwright, novelist, essayist and writer on traveling. Born into an
upper middle-class Jewish merchant family in Pest, Hungary, he began
his career working for a bank for six years.His career as a writer
began in Germany in the mid-1890s.In September 1917, Holitscher
attended the Third Zimmerwald Conference held in Stockholm in the
capacity of a correspondent for the Viennese paper Neuen Freien
Presse.[1] He was also involved with the pacifist organisation Bund
Neues Vaterland (New Fatherland Confederation) and was active as a
socialist.[1] In September 1919 Holitscher was invited to meet with
Karl Radek at Moabit prison to discuss joining a commission to visit
Russia. The proposed commission consisted of experts in agriculture,
industry, a former Secretary of State as a specialist in
administration, a representative of the Radical Workers of Berlin, and
the Chief of Police of a large Swiss city. The German authorities were
prepared to sanction this, however they decided to send Radek back to
Russia in January 1920 and the proposed commission was shelved.
Nevertheless, Holitscher was to take a trip to Russia separately
departing for three months in September 1920.[2] This led to the
publication of Drei Monate in Sowjet-Russland (Three months in Soviet
Russia) in 1921.In 1922 he contributed to the Foreword to the
catalogue for the First Russian Art Exhibition held in Berlin.
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