Karl Kautsky
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Karl Johann Kautsky was an Austrian-born Marxist theorist. One of the most authoritative promulgators of orthodox Marxism after the death of Friedrich Engels in 1895, he was for decades the leading th
Kautsky in 1904
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Kautsky in 1882
Cover of a 1901 issue of Die Neue Zeit
Luise Kautsky
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Luise Kautsky was a German politician and member of the Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany.
Karl Kautsky
…was known, and was admired by Friedrich Engels. A common misconception, noted by Steenson, is that Kautsky was Jewish; he was not. His second wife, Luise Ronsperger, was Jewish, and their sons faced persecution under the Nazis, which may have contributed to this confusion. Kautsky was an avid reader from a young…
Luise Kautski with her husband, 1920.
Louise Kautsky with Rosa Luxemburg, 1909