# Alexander Trachtenberg

> Alexander "Alex" Trachtenberg was an American publisher of radical political books and pamphlets, founder and manager of International Publishers of New York. He was a longtime activist in the Socialist Party of America and later in the Communist Party USA. For more than eight decades, his International Publishers was a part of the publishing arm of the American communist movement. He served as a member of the CPUSA's Central Control Committee. During the period of McCarthyism in America, Trachtenberg was twice subject to prosecution and convicted under the Smith Act; the convictions were overturned, the first by recanting of a government witness and the second by a US Circuit Court of Appeals decision in 1958.

*American publisher*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/alexander-trachtenberg

## Identity
- **Born:** 1885-11-23
- **Died:** 1966-12-16
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 43.6 / 100
- **Momentum:** 9.5 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 4.2 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 50.2 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 25.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 40.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Alexander Trachtenberg](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Trachtenberg)
- [Alexander Trachtenberg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Trachtenberg)
- [Трахтенберг, Александр (издатель)](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%85%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3%2C_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80_(%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C))
- [Олександр Трахтенберг](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80_%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%85%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4720246)

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