Erich Mühsam, German author, poet, and playwright (died 1934)

Erich Mühsam

German anarchist writer (1878–1934)

Erich Mühsam was a German antimilitarist anarchist essayist, poet and playwright. He emerged at the end of World War I as one of the leading agitators for a federated Bavarian Soviet Republic, for which he served five years in prison.