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12 Facts About Willi Eichler

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Willi Eichler was a German journalist and politician with the Social Democratic Party of Germany.

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Willi Eichler emigrated to France in 1933 after the National Socialists seized power.

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Willi Eichler became publisher of the Reinhart Briefe, which were secretly disseminated in Germany, and the Socialistische Warte, which published articles by Hilde Meisel.

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Shortly before the outbreak of war, Willi Eichler found asylum in England, where he returned to the SPD.

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In London, Willi Eichler worked at the BBC making broadcasts aimed at German workers and published Europe Speaks.

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Willi Eichler returned to Germany in 1946 and got involved rebuilding the SPD.

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Willi Eichler founded the magazine Geist und Tat, which he edited till his death in 1971.

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8.

Willi Eichler served as a member of the Zonenbeirat, the advisory committee to the British occupied zone.

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In 1948 and 1949, Willi Eichler was a member of the Wirtschaftsrat des Vereinigten Wirtschaftsgebietes, an economic advisory council of the Bizone.

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Later, Willi Eichler served as a member of the executive board of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation.

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Willi Eichler had two articles in Das Andere Deutschland and over 360 articles in the Sozialistische Warte.

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Willi Eichler wrote Das Parlament als Reprasentant der Offentlichkeit im Rundfunk, which appeared in Die Freiheit des Rundfunks, published in Munich in 1956.