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Table of Contents
List of abbreviations of archival terms. XV
List of abbreviations of organisations. XVI-XX
Introduction. XXI-XXII
List of the Collection
Anarchism nos. 1-180
Brochures 1- 2
Documents 3-127
Clippings, 1946-1948. 3
No heading. 4- 9
1946. 10- 13
1947. 14- 21
1948. 22- 25
1949. 26- 38
Clippings, 1949, 1951. 39
"Diskussionszirkel Voran", 1945-1947, 1949. 40- 52
"Soldatenarbeit 1941-1944". 53- 57
Italy. 58- 59
Bulgaria. 60- 61
"Groupe de Bâle". 62- 66
H. Koechlin. 62
National anarchist Congress of the F.A.I., Livorno, April 1949. 63
No Heading. 64- 66
Carl Langer. 67- 76
No Heading. 67- 72
Picture postcards published by "Carl Langer Verlag". 73- 76
Germany and Austria, 1948-1950. 77- 78
"Auswanderling". 77
Miscellaneous correspondence. 78
German anarchists. 79- 81
Edwin Eisenpass. 82
German anarchists. 83
German and Austrian anarchism. 84- 87
Novel "Mein Freund Wassja" 88
Holland. 89- 90
F.A.F., 1944-1945, 1947, 1949-1950, 1952. 91-110
"Confédération Nationale du Travail". 91- 95
No Heading. 96- 99
"Assemblée générale des coöperateurs". 100-101
F.A.F "2eme Region". 102-103
No Heading. 104-110
"Bund der Kriegsgegner E.V.". 111
"Gilde freiheitlicher Bücherfreunde e.V", 1947. 112
Freiheilche Sozialisten", 1949. 113-114
No Heading, 1948-1949. 115-116
"Résistance". 117-124
Miscellaneous subjects. 125-127
Leaflets 128-178
Propaganda for German soldiers in France, 1942 [?]-1944. 128-135
Italy. 136-138
"Commision d'aide aux Antifascistes de Bulgarie". 139
Groupe de Bâle". 140-149
"Jugendföderation". 150
Germany. 151-152
Holland. 153-156
Austria. 157-159
"Conféderation Générale Pacifiste". 160
France. 161
"Kriegsdienstverweigerer Duisburg". 162
"Gilde freiheitlicher Bücher- freunde". 163-167
"Résistance". 168-172
Miscellaneous subjects. 173-178
Miscellaneous 179-180
Sticker of "Le Libertaire". 179
Posters relating to the F.A.F., C.N.T. and "Le Libertaire". 180
"Antoine" Group 181-204
Documents 181-204
"Antoine", Group, 1942-1943. 181-185
"Antoine", 194[3]-1945. 186-204
No Heading. 186-202
"Antoine", 1943-1945. 203
"Antoine", 1943-1944. 204
Arbeiter-Partei 205-208
Leaflets 205-208
Bordigism 209-292
Brochures 209-212
Documents 213-257
Bordigism, 1943. 213-257
"GCI Italienne". 213-216
"Theses de Rome". 223-224
Bordigism, 1944. 225-245
Bordigism, 1945. 246-248
G.C.F., 1945-1946. 249-254
Miscellaneous documents. 255-257
Leaflets 258-267
Correspondence 268-292
Bordigism, 1945. 268-287
Bordigism, 1946. 288-290
G.C.F., 1946. 291-292
Comités Communistes Internationalistes pour la IVe Internationale 293
Documents 293
Communistes Révolutionnaires 294-563
Periodicals 294
Documents 295-436
1942 (R.K.D. and L.S.V.). 295-302
Document relating to Stalinists, Trotskyists, Sinovjets etc. 303
1943 (C.R.). 304
1944 (C.R.). 305
R.K.D. 306-313
R.K.D. and C.R., 1939-1940. 314-318
R.K.D. and C.R., 1940-1941. 319-324
R.K.D. and C.R., 1941. 325-332
R.K.D. and C.R., 1942. 333-336
R.K.D. and C.R., 1944. 337-348
R.K.D. and C.R., 1945. 349-351
R.K.D. and C.R., 1946. 352
R.K.D. and C.R., 1947. 353
R.K.D. 354-355
R.K.D, 1944. 356-358
R.K.D., 1945. 359
R.K.D., 1946. 360-362
R.K.D., 1937-1945. 363-382
Jack Armor, 1946. 383-390
"Revisionisten Montauban 1941". 391
Miscellaneous subjects. 392-436
Leaflets 437-473
Correspondence 474-536
Fernand, 1944. 474-536
"Affaire Fernand", 1944. 486-489
"Sozialisten und Bürgerkrieg. 490-491
"Thesen zur politischen situation in Europa [...], 1940 [?]. 492
"Documents intérieurs R.K." 493
R.K.D., 1940-1944. 494
R.K.D., 1940. 495-497
R.K.D., 1942. 498
R.K.D., 1943. 499
R.K.D., 1944. 500
"Documents intérieurs R.K. 1944". 501
"GRP Getipte Dokumente 1943-45. (Briefe) intern". 502
"Groupe Révolutionnaire Prolétarien, 1943-1946". 503
"Rupture avec Gaspard. Debut 1945". 504
"Campagne de Calomnie", 1947 [?]. 505-507
"Documents intérieurs de l'O.C.R. p. M. 1945". 508
"Considérations s/ 'l'avantgarde' (par M.) 1945. 509-510
"C.E. de l'O.C.R. 1945. 511
"Documents intérieurs de l'O.C.R. 1945". 512
"Documents intérieurs de l'O.C.R. 1946". 513
"L'Expérience de l'O.C.R. par Méric, 1946". 514-515
"Documents organisationels O.C.R". 516-518
Letter from Hubert [?], 1943. 519
R.K.D. (Paul Morand and others), 1945-1946. 520
R.K.D., 1946. 521
R.K.D., 1947. 522
R.K.D., 1947-1949. 523
Leo Ostrach. 524-529
"Le Prolétaire" and G. Munis 1946. 530-531
R.K.D. and F.B.G.C.. 532-536
Miscellaneous 537-563
"La Plateforme Programmatique des Communistes Révolutionnaires", 1944 [?]. 537-543
"Contre le Courant (CR Gaspar- distes)", 1944-1945. 544-553
"L'expérience Boulogne". 544
Brochures. 545
Internal circulars. 546
Circulars. 547
Published documents and open letters. 548
"Marxisme", periodical. 549-550
Tracts from O.C.R. 551
[Gaspard]. 552-553
"Collection ultra-gauche". 554-555
"Collection ultra-gauche divers". 554
Raoul Brémond. 555
Miscellaneous subjects. 556-563
Fischer-Case 564-603
Correspondence 564-559
"Erklärung der Internationalistischen Kommunisten Buchwalds. 564
Correspondence of Karl Fischer. 565-595
Paul Morand. 565
Z.K. Mann (UPÖ). 566-568
Graf. 569-570
Mantler. 571-572
"Captaine Rozan". 573-574
Antoine. 575-576
Benedikt Kautsky. 577-580
Federn. 581-585
Fritz Scholz (Chemnitz). 586-588
Gaspard. 589-593
Poldi (Vienna). 589-593
Correspondence with several other persons, 1946-1947. 595
Correspondence of Maria Fischer, 1946-1948. 596-598
Buttinger (I.R.R.C.) 596
Several persons - among others Paul Morand - . 597
Correspondence between several that were in contact with Karl Fischer, 1947. 599
Miscellaneous 600-603
Press publications on the disappearance of Karl Fischer, 1947. 600
German translation of Charles Bettelheim's "la planification Soviétique". 601
"Bemerkungen zur Kriegsschuldfrage". 602
Passport photos of Karl Fischer. 603
Fourth International 604-630
Brochures 604-606
Documents 607-625
Leaflets 626-630
Front Ouvrier 631-634
Documents 631-634
Groupe Ouvrier 635-652
Leaflets 635-652
Grupo Comunista Internationalista: 4 Int. 653-654
Leaflets 653-654
Internationale Kommunisten Deutschlands 655
Documents 655
Jeunesses Socialistes 656-661
Documents 656-659
Proceedings of meetings of the secretariat. 656
"Jeune Militant". 657-659
Leaflets 660-661
Johnson-Forest Tendency 662-663
Miscellaneous 662-663
Kampfbund zur Befreiung der Arbeiterklasse 664-672
Brochures 664-666
Documents 667-672
Miscellaneous
See last Heading
Neuer Spartakus: 4 Int; German section 673-675
Documents 673-675
Organisation Communistes Révolutionnaires (O.C.R.) 676-717
Miscellaneous 676-717
Preparation of the O.C.R., 1941 [?]-1944. 676
Separation from the P.C.I., 1944. 677
Preparation of an organisation of "Communistes Révolutionnaires" in Paris. 678
First "Conference de Contact" in October 1944. 679
Organisation Communistes Révolu- tionnaires", 1944. 680
O.C.R. in Toulouse, 1944-1945. 681
Personal and psychological aspects of the O.C.R., 1944-1945. 682
Méric, 1945. 683
Periodicals, 1945. 684
"Commission Internationale Communiste Révolutionnaire", 1945. 685
Contacts of the O.C.R. with other organisations, 1945. 686
Rodion, 1945. 687
Rodion and R.K.D, 1945. 688
"Bordigisantes", 1945. 689
Theoretical subjects. 690
Internal resolutions of the O.C.R. 691-692
Dissolution of the O.C.R., 1945-1946. 693
Leaflets and pamphlets of the O.C.R. and F.F.G.C., 1944-1945. 694
Bulletins, 1946. 695-700
Fernand, 1945. 701
O.C.R., 1946. 702
Méric, 1946. 703
Letters relating to the article entitled "Quand les communistes de gauche s'abstiennent
aux élections" by Armand Gaston in "Le Libertaire" of 25. X. 1946. 704
No Heading, 1946. 705-706
Brémond. 707-717
Parti Communiste Internationaliste 718-727
Documents 718-722
Leaflets 723-737
Parti Communiste Internationaliste: 4 Int. 728-812
Documets 728-761
1944. 728-749
"Sur la situation dans le mouvement ouvrier et les perspectives de la IVe Internationale".
750
1946. 751-757
Miscellaneous subjects. 758-761
Leaflets 762-812
1943. 762-764
1944. 765-783
P.C.I. 765-782
G.O. 782-783
1945. 784-789
1946. 790-806
1947. 807-808
Miscellaneous subjects. 809-812
Parti Communiste Revolutionnaire (Belge): 4 Int. 813-814
Documents 813-814
Parti Ouvrier Internationaliste: 4 Int. 815-835
Periodicals 815-818
Documents 819-831
Leaflets 832-835
Parti Socialiste Ouvrier et Paysan 836-838
Documents 836
Leaflets 837-838
Partido Obrero de Unificacion Marxista 839
Documents 839
Proletarische Aktion 840-845
Documents 840-843
Leaflets 844-845
Revolutionäre Kommunisten (Deutschlands) = R.K.(D.)
See Heading Communistes Révolutionnaires.
Revolutionnair-Communistische Partij; 4 Int. 846-881
Leaflets (and circulars) 846-881
Extra editions of "De Tribune" (weekly). 846-848
R.C.P. on national level. 849-854
R.C.P. section Amsterdam. 855-867
E.V.C. 868-871
"De Tribune". 872-876
Commemoration of Henk Sneevliet. 877-880
Miscellaneous subjects. 881
La Seule Voie 882-894
Periodicals 882
Documents 883-894
Socialisme ou Barbarie 895-915
Periodicals 895-898
Documents 899-911
Correspondence 912-915
T.A.M. ([Travail?] Antimilitariste) 916
Documents 916
Union Communiste: 4 Int. 917-928
Documents 917
Leaflets 918-928
Union des Communistes Internationalistes 929-930
Leaflets 929-930
Workers' Literature Bureau 931-932
Leaflets 931-932
Miscellaneous 933-978
Periodicals 933
Documents 934-960
Leaflets 961-970
Correspondence 971
Miscellaneous 972-983
Clippings of a photograph of the central committee of the Bolshevik Party in October
1927, 1938 [?]. 972
Dummy front page of "L'Etincelle". 973
Clippings of articles on the "Fechteler document". 974-977
Clipping from "Le Monde", 1952. 978
Clipping from "Le Figaro", 1952. 979
Clippings of a series of articles on Rommel in world war 2. 980
Clippings of articles written by by George Kennan. 981
Clippings of articles written by Walther Hofer. 982
Clipping of a review of the book "Le Front secret". 983
Appendix
List of brochures. Bro 1-Bro 117
List of abbreviations of archival terms
ms manuscript.
p(p) numbered page(s).
processed document multiplied by other means than by hand or typewriter.
ps pseudonym.
side(s) not numbered page(s).
ts typescript (original document or carbon copy).
List of abbreviations of organisations.
A.I.T. Association Internationale des Travailleurs
A.P. Arbeiter Partei.
B.K.I.
B.L.E. Seccion Bolchevique-Leninista de Espana [4 Int.].
C.A.R. Comités d'Action Révolutionnaire.
C.A.R.I. Comité Anarchiste de Relations Internationales.
C.C.I.4 Comité Communiste Internationaliste pour la Quatrieme Internationale [Continuation
of P.C.I., 1939 and continued as L.S.V.].
C.C.N. Comité Confédéral National [de la Confédération Nationale Travail].
C.F.Q.I. Comités français pour la Quatrieme Internatioanle [related to C.C.I.4]
C.I. Communistes Internationalistes [related to G.C. Bordigist].
C.I.C.
C.I.C.R. la Commission Internationale Communiste- révolutionnaire.
C.L.E. Cercle Libertaire des Etudiants.
C.N.T. Confédération Nationale du Travail.
C.P.L. Comité Parisien de la Liberation.
C.R. -Communistes Révolutionnaires [related to R.K./R.K.D.].
-Comité Régional [du P.O.I.].
C.R.F. Communistes Révolutionnaires de France.
C.R.I.A. Commission de Relations Internationales.
F.A. Fédératation Anarchiste [de France].
F.A.C.B. Fédération Anarchiste Communiste Bulgare.
F.A.F. Fédération Anarchiste de France =
Fédération Anarchiste de la langue Française
F.A.I. -Federazione Anarchica Italiana.
-Fédération Anarchiste Ibérique.
F.B.G.C.I. Fraction Belge de la Gauche Communiste Internationaliste.
F.F.J.S. Föderation freiheitlicher Jungsozialisten.
F.F.S.D. Föderation freiheitlicher Sozialisten Deutschlands.
F.G.I. Fraction Gauche Italienne [Bordigist].
F.G.It. Fraction Gauche Italienne [Bordigist].
F.It.G.C. Fraction Italienne de la Gauche Communiste [Bordigist].
F.O. Front Ouvrier.
F.S.B. Freie Sozialistische Blätter.
F.T.P. Francs-tireurs et Partisans [C.P. France].
G.A.R. Groupe d'Actions Révolutionnaires.
G.B.L. Grupo Bolchevique-Leninista Espanola [4 Int.]
G.C. Groupe Communiste.
G.C.F. Gauche Communiste de France [Bordigist].
G.C.I. -Gauche Communiste Internationaliste [Bordigist].
-Grupo Comunista Internacionalista [4 Int].
G.C.It. Gauche Communiste Italienne [Bordigist].
G.d.s. Gegen den Strom.
G.f.B. Gilde freiheitlicher Bücherfreunde.
G.R.P. Groupe Révolutionnaire Prolétarien [="Antoine-group", ex-P.O.I.].
I.A.A. Internationale-Arbeiter-Association.
I.C.B. International Correspondence Bureau.
I.C.C. International Contact Commission.
I.E.K. Internationale Executiv-Komité, 4 Int. [4 Int.].
I.K.C.S.R. Internationale Kommunisten, Czechoslovakia [4 Int.].
I.K.D. Internationale Kommunisten Deutschlands [at times 4 Int.].
I.K.L. Internationale Kommunistische Liga [4 Int.].
I.K.Oe. Internationale Kommunisten [Kampfbund?] Oesterreich [4 Int.].
I.R.R.C. International Rescue and Relief Committee.
I.S. International Secretariat [of the Fourth International].
I.T.
I.W.W.
J.C.I. Jeunesse(s) Communiste(s) Internationaliste(s) [related to P.C.I]
J.F. Johnson-Forest Tendency [ex-S.W.P., U.S.A.].
J.I. Jeunes Internationalistes.
J.S. Jeunesses Socialistes [C.P. France].
J.S.O.P. Jeunesses Socialistes Ouvrieres et Paysannes.
J.S.R. Jeunesses Socialistes Révolutionnaires.
K.A.P.D. Kommunistische Arbeiter Partei Deutschland.
K.B. Kampfbund zur Befreiung der Arbeiterklasse.
K.J.V. Kommunistischer Jugendverband.
K.P.D. Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands- Spartacusbund.
K.L.Oe. Kommunistische Linksopposition Oesterreich [4 Int.].
L.O. Linke Opposition [der K.P.D. (Bolschewik-Leninisten), 4 Int.]
L.S.V. La Seule Voie [see C.C.I.4].
M.A.S. Marxistische Aktion der Schweiz [4 int. for a time].
M.K. Marxistischer Kampfbund [? related to K.B.]
M.L.A.J. Mouvement Laïque des Auberges de la Jeunesse.
M.R.S.
O.C.I. Ouvriers Communistes Internationalistes [Bordigist].
O.C.R. Organisation Communiste Révolutionnaire [en France, pour la Nouvelle Internationale
Communiste (IVe)].
P.A. Proletarische Aktion.
P.C.I. Parti Communiste Internationaliste.
P.C.Int. Partito Comunista Intenazionalista [Bordigist]
P.C.I.: 4 Int. Parti Communiste Internationaliste [4 Int. after II. 1944].
P.C.R. Parti Communiste Révolutionnaire [Belgium].
P.O. Pouvoir Ouvrier [Gaspard Group].
P.O.C. Partito Operaio Comunista.
P.O.I. Parti Ouvrier Internationaliste [4 Int].
P.O.U.M. Partido Obrero de Unificación Marxista.
P.P.A. Parti du Peuple Algérien.
P.R.L.
P.S. Parti Socialiste.
P.S.R. Parti Socialiste Revolutionnaire [Belgium].
R.C.P. Revolutionary Communist Party [(British section of the Fourth International)].
R.C.P. Revolutionnair-Communistische Partij [4 Int.]. (Holland)
R.C.R. Rassemblement Communiste Révolutionnaire.
R.D.R. Rassemblement Démocratique Révolutionnaire.
R.K. Revolutionäre Kommunisten.
R.K.D. Revolutionäre Kommunisten Deutschland.
R.N.P.
R.S.A.P. Revolutionnair Socialistische Arbeiders Partij.
R.S.P. Revolutionnair Socialistische Partij.
R.W.L. Revolutionary Workers' League [of U.S.].
S.F.I.C.
S.I. Sécretariat International [4 Int.].
S.P.E. Sécretariat Provisoir Européen [4 Int.].
S.W.P. Socialist Workers Party [U.S.A.].
T.A.M. [Travail Anti-Militariste?].
U.A.I. Unione Anarchica Italiana.
U.A.U. Unabhängige Arbeiter-Union.
U.C. Union Communiste [4 Int. for a time].
U.C.I. Union des Communistes Internationalistes [ancient G.R.P.].
U.J.R.F. l'Union de la Jeunesse Républicaine de France.
U.P.O.J.
W.I.N. Workers' International News.
W.L.B. Workers' Literature Bureau [Melbourne, Australia].
W.L.R.P. Workers' League for a Revolutionary Party.
W.P. Workers Party [Schachtmanite; ex-S.W.P., U.S.A.].
The collection
In the first instance the collection, as acquired from the arranged by Georg Scheuer,
was rearranged roughly by Lewis Sinclair. He split up the collection into broad sub-series
of political organisations and subjects. Within each sub-series a subdivision was
made into the following formal categories: brochures, periodicals, documents, leaflets,
correspondence and miscellaneous. Several of these subdivisions in turn are broken
up into files.
In the present list the descriptions of the items are completed. The scheme made
by Lewis Sinclair has been maintained, except for apparent contradictions, for not
disturbing the inner consistency within each one of the above mentioned formal categories
although these categories are not mutually exclusive: one category may contain in
fact items by reason of their contents, though formally they belong to another category.
For example the category "correspondence" does not only contain letters, but also
reports, declarations etc., which indicates mutual coherence between them. Mutatis
mutandis the same goes for the category "documents", the nucleus of which is formed
by inner party records as reports and minutes, as well as for many files.
Most brochures are included in the appendix of the collection. The method of description
in the appendix is derived from library catalogue methods, but can not be regarded
as the official ISBD(M). Several other items are to be considered as grey material.
Therefore they can not be put in a modern library catalogue system and they remain
incorporated in the collection.
In the descriptions the orthography of the original text is adopted: capital and
small letters as well as typing and writing errors are followed consequently. The
orthography of names of organisations, persons and their pseudonyms is also included
to the literal.
Georg Scheuer
Georg Scheuer, born in Vienna on 8 December 1915, studied sociology and psychology
in Vienna and Paris. Since 1929 he was a member of the socialist youth, scholar and
student movement and became a co-founder and militant of the RKO ("Revolutionäre Kommunisten
Österreichs").
Arrested in 1936 in Vienna together with Karl Fischer he was condemned in the Viennese
trial against the Trotskyists to five years' imprisonment for illegal anti-fascist
propaganda. Set free in September 1938 under political amnesty he emigrated to Paris.
At the Conference of Périgny in September 1938 Georg Scheuer and Karl Fischer voted
against the proclamation of the Fourth International. Scheuer, during 1940-1944 active
in French revolutionary resistance movement, concentrated after the war gradually
on journalism and writing.
For more information in addition to these summary biographical and political notes
one can consult:
Prager, R. ed., Les congres de la IVe Internationale I.
Naissance de la IVe Internationale (Paris 1978).
'Quelques biographies de militants autrichiens', Cahiers Léon Trotsky 1980 (no. 5)
103-114.
Röder, W. and Herbert D. Strauss dir., Biographisches Handbuch der deutschsprachigen
Emigration nach 1933 I. Politik, Wirtschaft, Öffentliches Leber (München, New York,
London and Paris 1980).
C. Hoskens, March 1986.
