Kaiser ushel generaly ostalis (The Kaiser Goes, the Generals Remain)

Leningrad (St. Petersburg): Ogiz - Lengikhil, 1933. Very good. First Russian edition, 1 of 5250 copies; 7 3/4 x 5 1/4; pp. [3], 4-275, [1]; black paper over boards with a Constructivist design by V. Sveshnikov; beginning of each chapter illustrated with a black and white drawing; small rubbed spots with minor loss to tips of spine; a bit of wear to edges and corners; bookplate of previous owner - author Leonid Wolmer - to title page verso; a small period stamp of a Latvian library to last page; in very good condition.Theodore Plievier (1892 - 1955), writing under the pseudonym Theodor Plivier, was a German war novelist, who was recognized as one of the very first native writers to examine the role of Germany in World War II. He was also the founder of the Green Way Commune - a community of revolutionaries, artists, members of the German Communist Party, etc. The Nazis would ban his works and he would flee to Moscow in 1933 and his citizenship would be revoked a year later. It has been noted by critics that he did an astounding amount of research for all his works, on top of his own notes and recollections. In the original German edition of the current book, published in 1932, the citation section at the end listed fifty reference sources, which had been consulted for historical accuracy.