With the fresh experience of the mass slaughter in World War I, workers in Germany took the path of social revolution, guided by the socialist victory of the October Revolution in Russia. It was an attempt that could change the course of history in the 20th century, breaking the isolation of workers in Russia and conveying the "message" of 1917 to the West.
Victor Serge settled in Germany as a representative of the Comintern, with the duty to inform the international communist press about these shocking events.
He writes his "testimonies" as an incredibly insightful journalist, as a passionate social activist, as a revolutionary who not only participates in the events but lives through them.
His texts are an invaluable contribution to understanding this decisive turning point of the 20th century.
The powerful images "transmitted" by Serge about the crisis of the Weimar Republic, his warnings about the danger of nationalist far-right and Nazism, become relevant again and make this book precious, especially for younger activists who join the struggle against all forms of exploitation and oppression of one human being by another.