birth_date: 1887-11-10 00:00:00
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name: Arnold Zweig
about: German writer and anti-war, anti-fascist activist. He is best known for his six-part cycle on World War I Der große Krieg der weißen MännerIn 1934 he settled in Mandatory Palestine where he wrote a novel based on the assassination of Jacob Israël de Haan.In 1948 he settled in the Soviet occupation zone in East-Germany. From 1949 - 1967 he was a member of the parliament of the German Democratic Republic. German writer and anti-war, anti-fascist activist. He is best known for his six-part cycle on World War I Der große Krieg der weißen MännerIn 1934 he settled in Mandatory Palestine where he wrote a novel based on the assassination of Jacob Israël de Haan.In 1948 he settled in the Soviet occupation zone in East-Germany. From 1949 - 1967 he was a member of the parliament of the German Democratic Republic. ...more
death_date: 1968-11-26 00:00:00