Franz Jung

Franz Jung
Born (1888-11-26)26 November 1888
Nysa, Germany
Died 21 January 1963(1963-01-21) (aged 74)
Stuttgart, West Germany
Other names
  • Franz Larsz
  • Frank Ryberg
Occupation
  • Journalist
  • Writer
  • Communist
  • economist
Spouse(s) Cläre Jung

Franz Jung (26 November 1888, Nysa – 21 January 1963, Stuttgart) was a writer, economist and political activist in Germany. He also wrote under the names Franz Larsz and Frank Ryberg.

From 1909 he worked as a journalist and soon started writing for Der Sturm and Die Aktion. Otto Gross was a large influence upon him[1]

He was a member of the League for Proletarian Culture (1919-1920). In 1921 he travelled with Jan Appel to participate in the 3rd World Congress of the Comintern in 1921 as a delegate of the Communist Workers Party of Germany. This involved hijacking the SS Senator Schröder to go to Murmansk, Soviet Russia, rather than fishing near Iceland.[2]

He participated in the March Action (March 1921) and was captured but escaped first to the Netherlands and then went on to the Soviet Union. He then started work for the Workers International Relief.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Franz Jung". Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  2. 1 2 Ullrich, Eckhard. "Zweifach Franz Jung". Dr. Eckhard Ullrich. Eckhard Ullrich. Retrieved 15 November 2015.


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