Karl Otten (29 July 1889Oberkrüchten – 20 March 1963,Minusio) was aGermanexpressionist writer and broadcaster.

Karl was an anti-militarist activist during theFirst World War, but was arrested for his actions. On 16 November 1918 he signed theAppeal published by theAntinational Socialist Party.^[1] In 1919 he co-foundedDer Gegner withJulius Guomperz.

In 1930 he met Ellen Kroner with whom he worked closely and married her in 1939.

Following the Nazi seizure of power in 1933, Otten first went toSpain and fought in theSpanish Revolution. Following its defeat he went to London, where he wrote 120 radio broadcasts for theBBC.^[2] He went blind in 1944^[2] and later moved toSwitzerland.^[2]

• 1913,Die Reise nach Albanien, Berlin:Heinrich F. S. Bachmair-Verlag
• 1919,Lona, novel
• 1918,Der Erhebung des Herzens Der Rote Hahn No. 4,Berlin: Verlag Die Aktion
• 1927,Prüfung zur Reife, novel, List Verlag
• 1931,Der schwarze Napoleon, biography ofToussaint L'Ouverture Berlin: Atlantis

TheEllen Otten Family Papers (Leo Baeck Institute, New York) contain much information about Karl Otten.

• 1889 births
• 1963 deaths
• People from Viersen (district)
• Writers from the Rhine Province
• German Expressionist writers
• Writers from North Rhine-Westphalia
• German broadcasters
• German political writers
• BBC radio presenters

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