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Monath, Martin, 1913-1944

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Personal name headingMonath, Martin, 1913-1944
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Variant(s)Monath, Martin Ludwig, 1913-1944
Monat, Martin, 1913-1944
Widelin, Paul, 1913-1944
Widelin, Martin, 1913-1944
Widelin, Marcel, 1913-1944
Witlin, Martin Ludwig, 1913-1944
Viktor, 1913-1944
Associated placeParis (France)
Birth date1913-01-05
Death date1944
Place of birthBerlin (Germany)
Field of activitySocialism Anti-Nazi movement
AffiliationFourth International
Found inMartin Monath, 2019 : page 4, etc. (leader of illegal newspaper Arbeiter und Soldat during World War II; comrades knew him as Viktor; lived in Paris; Jewish; lectured on Marxist theory; native tongue was German but taught himself Hebrew, Polish and French; international communist; elected a leading member of the Fourth International in Europe; known by many different names; housemates in Paris said Viktor's real name was Paul Wittlin; biography by Ernest Mandel names him Paul Widelin; obituaries in The Militant from 1946 used Martin Widelin; article in La VeriteĢ used Marcel Widelin; Rudolf Segall, who was active with Viktor in the early 1930s, named him in a 2006 interview, Martin Monat. This name has been used more consistently in recent years; Viktor himself used first Martin, then Monte, then Viktor; Martin Ludwig Monath, born January 5, 1913 in Berlin; in 1967 a West Berlin court declared Martin Ludwig Witlin dead; date of death was set as May 8, 1945) page [4] of cover (1913-1944; executed in 1944).
Associated languageger fre heb pol