Organization
Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
Swiss socialist party; its secretary Fritz Platten and its majority leader Robert Grimm both helped arrange the exiles’ passage in 1917.
- Also known as
- Swiss Social Democratic Party
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- Q303745
Fritz Platten was its secretary and Robert Grimm led its majority when the Russian exiles in Switzerland sought a way home in 1917 (the sealed train).
Connections 2
members
- Robert Grimm leader of its majority Primary record 1
people who worked here
- Fritz Platten secretary Primary record 2
Proof 2 sources
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Farewell Letter to the Swiss Workers, Marxists Internet Archive (Lenin, Collected Works, vol. 23, Progress Publishers), 8 Apr 1917.
Primary record
The party majority, led by Robert Grimm
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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.
Primary record
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.
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