LEADER 03506nam 22006854a 450 001 9910813409703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-72219-7 010 $a9786611722197 010 $a0-300-13009-0 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300130096 035 $a(CKB)1000000000471872 035 $a(StDuBDS)BDZ0022168098 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000234240 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11208114 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000234240 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10237055 035 $a(PQKB)10058194 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000157971 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3419980 035 $a(DE-B1597)485324 035 $a(OCoLC)1024032088 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300130096 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3419980 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10170006 035 $a(OCoLC)923589078 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000471872 100 $a20030528d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe red millionaire $ea political biography of Willi Munzenberg, Moscow's secret propaganda tsar in the West /$fSean McMeekin 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University Press$dc2005 215 $a1 online resource (viii, 397 pages) $cillustrations 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-300-09847-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: who in the world is Willi Munzenberg? -- A call to arms -- The red millionaire -- Flight. 330 $aWilly Münzenberg-an Old Bolshevik who was also a self-promoting tycoon-became one of the most influential Communist operatives in Europe between the World Wars. He created a variety of front groups that recruited well-known political and cultural figures to work on behalf of the Soviet Union and its causes, and he ran an international media empire that churned out enormous amounts of propaganda and raised money for Communist concerns. Sean McMeekin tells Münzenberg's extraordinary story, arguing persuasively that his financial chicanery and cynical propaganda efforts weakened the non-Communist left, enraged the right, and helped feed a cycle that culminated in Nazism.Drawing extensively on recently opened Moscow archives, McMeekin describes how Münzenberg parlayed his friendship with Lenin into a personal fortune and how Münzenberg's mysterious financial manipulations outraged Social Democrats and lent rhetorical ammunition to the Nazis. His book sheds new light on Comintern finances, propaganda strategy, the use of front organizations to infiltrate non-Communist circles, and the breakdown of democracy in the Weimar Republic. It is also an engrossing tale of a Communist con man whose name once aroused fear, loathing, and admiration around the world. 606 $aCommunists$zGermany$vBiography 606 $aPropaganda, Communist$xHistory 606 $aCommunism$zGermany$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aCommunism$zSoviet Union$xHistory$y20th century 615 0$aCommunists 615 0$aPropaganda, Communist$xHistory. 615 0$aCommunism$xHistory 615 0$aCommunism$xHistory 676 $a327.1247/0092 676 $aB 700 $aMcMeekin$b Sean$f1974-$0517480 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910813409703321 996 $aThe red millionaire$93912830 997 $aUNINA