Ernst Schneider (communist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ernst Schneider (communist)

Date of Birth: 23-Jul-1883

Place of Birth: Königsberg

Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001

Profession: sailor

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Ernst Schneider (23 July 1883, Königsberg- 1963, Southend) was German sailor who played an active part in the German Revolution of November 1918 and who participated in the Hamburg Uprising of October 1923.
He remained active in the German Workers' movement until being arrested by the Gestapo in 1935.
In 1939, he reached England, where he joined the Anti-Parliamentary Communist Federation.Schneider started worker as a harbourman, working on launches and lighters which did not leave the harbour.
He joined the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), but soon moved on to become involved with anarcho-syndicalism, editing Der Kampf, the journal of the Hamburg Anarchist Federation.