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Augustin Souchy
Silesian anarchist journalist (1892–1984)
Augustin Souchy Bauer[1] (28 August 1892 – 1 January 1984) was a Silesiananarchist, antimilitarist, labor union official and journalist.
He traveled widely and wrote extensively about the Spanish Civil War and intentional communities. He was born in Ratibor, in what was then the German Empire.[2]
Biography
In 1915, during World War I, he emigrated to Sweden to avoid military service,[3] being exiled by the Swedish government two years later for anti-militaristic propaganda.
From then on, he traveled throughout the world returning to Germany once and living in Spain, South America and France at different times.[3] He was very active in the anarchist movement wherever he lived and worked together with many famous anarchists such as Peter Kropotkin and Rudolf Rocker.[3]
Described as the most prominent Silesian to have fought in the Spanish Civil War,[4]