Paul Levi
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Paul Levi (March 11, 1883 – February 9, 1930) was a German Communist politician.
Paul Levi, born in Hechingen into a Jewish middle-class family joined the Social Democratic Party of Germany in 1906. There he became part of the party’s left wing together with Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht. Levi was also Luxemburg's lawyer in political cases.
During World War I, Levi became one of the leaders of the Spartacist League which soon became the Communist Party of Germany. After the failure of the German Communist Revolution of 1918/1919, and the killing of the party’s main leaders Rosa Luxemburg, Karl Liebknecht and Leo Jogiches, Paul Levi took over as the new central leaders of the Communist Party.
Levi headed the German delegation to the second congress of the Comintern in Moscow in 1920, but it is said that Lenin never really liked him.
Paul Levi was expelled from the Communist Party for publicly criticizing party policies following the March uprisings of 1921.
After being expelled from the Communist Party, Levi has formed the Communist Workers' Community. Later, he has rejoined the Social Democratic Party.
Paul Levi died in Berlin in 1930. He succumbed to injuries he suffered when he fell out of his window. The circumstances of his fall have not been clarified.
