Hugo Urbahns
German politician
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Hugo Urbahns (18 February 1890 – 16 November 1946) was a German communist revolutionary and politician.[1]
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Hugo Urbahns | |
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 Urbahns c. 1924 | |
| Leader of the Leninbund | |
| In office April 1928 – September 1939 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Member of the Reichstag for Schleswig-Holstein | |
| In office 27 May 1924 – 1 July 1928 | |
| Preceded by | Multi-member district |
| Succeeded by | Multi-member district |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 February 1890 |
| Died | 16 November 1946 (aged 56) |
| Party | SPD (1912–1919) KPD (1919–1926) Leninbund (1928–1939) |
| Other political affiliations | Spartacus League (1914–1918) |
He was involved in the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) in the 1920s. He was jailed for his role in the Hamburg Uprising of 1923, and spent time on hunger strike.[2][3]
He was expelled from the KPD in the late 1920s, and became the leader of the Leninbund, a left split from the KPD.[4]
For a time he had links with Leon Trotsky, but they drifted apart over a number of issues, including Urbahns' development of "third campist" positions that the Soviet Union was no longer a workers' state.[5][6][2][7][3]