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Leichter, OttoLeichter, Otto, b. Vienna, Feb. 22, 1897, d. New York (USA), Feb. 13, 1973, journalist and writer; husband of Käthe Leichter. Worked closely together with O. Bauer as an editor of the "Arbeiterzeitung" newspaper (1925-1934), 1934 founder and for a short time also Chairman of the Revolutionary Socialists (Social Democratic Party driven underground, 1934), emigrated to the USA (1938), after 1945 reporter on the "Arbeiterzeitung" and UN-correspondent. P> Publications: Die Sprengung des Kapitalismus, 1932; Ö. 1934. Die Geschichte einer Konterrevolution, 1935 (under the pseud. Pertinax); Ein Staat stirbt, Ö. 1934-1938, 1938 (under the pseud. G. Wieser); Amerika in der Weltpolitik, 2 vols., 1947; Ö. freie Gewerkschaften im Untergrund, 1963; Glanz und Ende der 1. Republik, 1964; Weltmacht im Hintergrund (UNO), 1964; Zw. 2 Diktaturen. Ö. Revolutionäre Sozialisten 1934-1938, 1968; O. Bauer. Tragödie oder Triumph, 1970. Literature: NDB.
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