Jan Appel

Introduction to Jan Appel

Jan Appel - Holland, 1890-1945
Jan Appel was a German shipyard worker and left communist, famed for hijacking a steam ship to Russia following the German Revolution of 1918.
Key texts: Fundamental principles of communist production and distribution
Groups: GIK (Holland), KAPD (Germany)

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Appel, Jan

German shipyard worker and left communist, famed for hijacking a steam ship to Russia following the German Revolution of 1918.

The Wilhelmshaven Revolt, 1918-1919 - Ikarus

The Wilhelmshaven Revolt - A Chapter of the Revolutionary Movement in the German Navy, 1918-1919, by 'Ikarus' - real name Ernst Schneider

We append to the text an introduction written by Dave Graham, for historical and biographical background information, and a short biography of Ernst Schneider.

Fundamental principles of communist production and distribution

Full text of Fundamental Principles of Communist Production and Distribution, Collective work of the Group of International Communists of Holland (GIK), 1930

Autobiography of Jan Appel

Jan Appel, 1890-1945, was a German socialist and shipyard worker whose experience of the 1918 Revolution, after which he hijacked a steam ship to Russia, drove him out of the Communist Party.

Joining the more radical Communist Workers Party (KAPD), he then moved to Holland, playing a role in the Dutch Resistance in World War II and and eventually co-founding the left-communist GIK.

By Jan Appel, 1966

Introduction to Jan Appel

Appel, Jan

The Wilhelmshaven Revolt, 1918-1919 - Ikarus

Fundamental principles of communist production and distribution

Autobiography of Jan Appel

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