Wolfgang Leonhard

Wolfgang Leonhard (16 April 1921 – 17 August 2014) was a German political author, historian, and expert. He wrote many books on Communism and how he was against it. He was the last living member of the Ulbricht Group, an anti-communism group. Leonhard was born in Vienna, Austria to German parents.

Leonhard died at a hospital in Daun, Germany from a long-illness at the age of 93.

Awards
 Phi Beta Kappa from Yale University (1982)
 Merit Cross 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany (Verdienstkreuz 1. Klasse) (1987)
 Honorary doctorate from the Chemnitz University of Technology (1998)
 Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st Class (Austria, 2002)
 European Science Culture Award (2004)

References

More reading
 Wolfgang Leonhard, Die Revolution entlässt ihre Kinder. Köln (Kiepenheuer & Witsch) 1955; in Engl.: Child of the revolution''. Transl. by C. M. Woodhouse. London (Collins) 1957

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