The designation “renegade” was part of the Communist Party’s vocabulary in the 20th century. It was used to stigmatize ex-communists as despicable traitors. Whoever broke with the party and made this break public was considered a renegade. Those chastised in this manner, including many Jewish intellectuals, in turn exposed communism as a system of terror. Their reports from the inn…
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Domdey, Horst and Rohrwasser, Michael, “Renegades”, in: Encyclopedia of Jewish History and Culture Online, Original German Language Edition: Enzyklopädie Jüdischer Geschichte und Kultur. Im Auftrag der Sächsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig herausgegeben von Dan Diner. © J.B. Metzler, Stuttgart/Springer-Verlag GmbH Deutschland 2011–2017. Consulted online on 28 September 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2468-8894_ejhc_COM_0738>
First published online: 2017
First print edition: 20221116
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