Person
Fritz Platten
Swiss socialist; secretary of the Swiss Social Democratic party, who negotiated and led the 1917 journey of the Russian exiles across Germany.
- Dates
- 1883–1942
- Wikidata
- Q124088
Platten drew up the conditions for the sealed train and rode with the travellers. At the Russian frontier he was stopped; the German minister in Bern heard that a British officer cancelled his entry permit.
Connections 2
worked at
- Social Democratic Party of Switzerland secretary Primary record 1
involved in
- Lenin's sealed train negotiated the terms and led the carriage Both sides agree Primary record 123
Timeline 1 date
- 1883–1942 Fritz Platten
Proof 3 sources
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Germany and the Revolution in Russia, 1915-1918: Documents from the Archives of the German Foreign Ministry, Oxford University Press, 1958.
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Platten, the secretary of the Social Democratic party, came to see me on behalf of a group of Russian Socialists
They will be accompanied by the secretary of the Swiss Social Democratic party, Platten.
Platten, the secretary of the Social Democratic party, came to see me on behalf of a group of Russian Socialists and, more particularly, of their leaders, Lenin and Zinoviev
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How We Arrived (report to the Executive Committee of the Petrograd Soviet), Marxists Internet Archive (Lenin, Collected Works, vol. 24, Progress Publishers), 17 Apr 1917.
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The whole business was handled by Fritz Platten, a Swiss internationalist socialist. He concluded a Carefully worded agreement with the German Ambassador in Switzerland.
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Reminiscences of Lenin (Last Months in Emigration: Departure for Russia), Marxists Internet Archive (International Publishers, 1970; translated by Bernard Isaacs), 1970.
Primary record
Vladimir Ilyich insisted that negotiations be opened through Fritz Platten, the Swiss Socialist-Internationalist.
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- Add the story of Lenin's sealed train from Zurich to Petrogradf3adfab
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