James Broh (9 November 1867, Perleberg – 1942, Paris) was a

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lawyer, publisher and left-wing political activist. Broh came from a Jewish family and studied law in Berlin. After graduating, he received a doctorate in law and trained for the Prussian judicial service. He joined the

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during this period. He was encouraged in his legal career by

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and Wilhelm Liebknecht, who hoped that Broh would provide legal defence to Socialist activists. Broh worked as a lawyer in Berlin. He also wrote for various magazines and was a founding member of the Socialist Youth Organisation "The working youth". During this period he belonged to the revisionist wing of the party. In 1921 he was a co-founder of the

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(AAU-E) alongside Otto Rühle,

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and

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. Broh was a contributor to '' Die Aktion'':

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