Ernst Toller, German playwright and author (born 1893)

Ernst Toller

German author, playwright, left-wing politician and revolutionary (1893–1939)

Ernst Toller was a German author, playwright, left-wing politician and revolutionary, known for his Expressionist plays. He served in 1919 for six days as President of the short-lived Bavarian Soviet Republic, after which he became the head of its army. He was imprisoned for…