Ernst Toller
German writer, politician and leader of the Munich Soviet Republic (1893-1939) · Poland · On the map · Writers · Died at 45
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.
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Ernst Toller (center) and Max Weber (foreground, bearded) in May 1917 at the Lauensteiner Tagung
Ernst Toller during his imprisonment in the Niederschönenfeld fortress (early 1920s)
Karlheinz Martin's production of Transformation in Berlin with Fritz Kortner as the war returnee, 30 September 1919
Poster for the Federal Theatre Project production of No More Peace in Cincinnati, Ohio (1937)Listen
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He was imprisoned for five years for his part in the armed resistance by the Bavarian Soviet Republic to the central government in Berlin. While in prison Toller wrote several plays that gained him international renown. They were performed in London and New York City as well as in Berlin.
