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3 unusual facts about Arthur Ewert


Arthur Ewert

In addition to socialist politics, Ewert's sister introduced him to a friend from work, the Polish-born Elise Szaborowski — known to her friends as "Szabo" — who was herself a committed Marxist.

Anxious to escape the drudgery of rural life, at the age of 14 Ewert accepted a position as an apprentice in an uncle's saddle-making factory in the urban center of Berlin.

Arthur Ernest Ewert was born November 13, 1890 in the town of Heinrichswalde, East Prussia (today's Slavsk, Russia).



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