Author: Parvus
Title: In der russischen Bastille während der Revolution. Eindrücke, Stimmungen und Betrachtungen.
Description: Dresden: Kaden & Comp., 1907; 8vo (24.5 cm), 168pp., original softcover. Cover has traces of use, back cover teared 5 cm at joint, in all 'good'. Rare. German text in Frakturschrift. ¶ Parvus, psuedonym of Israel Aleksander Helphand (1867-1924), was an active participant in the Russian revolution of 1905. In this book he describes his experiences as a close cooperator of Leon Trotski, next to Lenin the most important theoretician of communist revolutionism. Parvus played a prominent role in the 'shipping' of Lenin to Russia in 1917, a succesful German manoeuvre to destabilise the Russian political scene in order to defeat Russia in the First World War.

Keywords: Duitsland Eerste Wereldoorlog Rusland political history