Max Levien
Max Levien | |
|---|---|
| Макс Левин | |
Levien in 1919 | |
| Born | Макс Людвигович Левин Max Lyudvigovich Levien 21 May 1885 |
| Died | 17 June 1937 (aged 52) |
| Occupations | |
| Political party | Socialist Revolutionary Party (1906) Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (1913) Communist Party of Germany (1918) Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1925) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Moscow State University |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance | German Empire |
| Branch | Imperial German Army |
| Service years | 1914–1918 |
| Unit | Royal Bavarian Life Guards Regiment |
| Conflict | First World War |
Max Levien (Russian: Макс Левин, romanized: Maks Levin; 21 May 1885 – 17 June 1937) was a Russian-German Communist politician, academic, journalist and biologist, known for co-founding the Munich Spartacus League and the Communist Party of Germany (KPD). A victim of the Great Purge, Levien was arrested on 10 December 1936 and initially sentenced to 5 years camp imprisonment. Levien's sentence was subsequently converted to the death penalty on 16 June.