Karl Otten

Karl Otten (29 July 1889 Oberkrüchten – 20 March 1963,

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writer and broadcaster. Karl was an anti-militarist activist during the

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, but was arrested for his actions. On 16 November 1918 he signed the ''Appeal'' published by the Antinational Socialist Party. In 1919 he co-founded ''

Der Gegner Der Gegner (The Opponent) was a German arts magazine published between April 1919 – 27 September 1922. It was edited by Julian Gumperz, and Karl Otten. It was published in Halle by Franz Joest Verlag. Wieland Herzfelde replaced Otten on the edi ...

'' with Julius Guomperz. In 1930 he met Ellen Kroner with whom he worked closely and married her in 1939. Following the Nazi seizure of power in 1933, Otten first went to

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and fought in the Spanish Revolution. Following its defeat he went to London, where he wrote 120 radio broadcasts for the

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