Helmut Rüdiger
Helmut Rüdiger | |
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Rüdiger (c. 1930s) | |
| Born | 11 January 1903 |
| Died | 9 June 1966 (aged 63) |
| Citizenship | German (1903–1949) Swedish (1949–1966) |
| Education | University of Munich |
| Years active | 1919–1966 |
| Organization(s) | Free Workers' Union of Germany (1922–1933) Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (1933–1939) Central Organisation of the Workers of Sweden (1939–1966) |
| Other political affiliations | International Workers' Association |
| Movement | Anarcho-syndicalism |
| Spouse | Dora Gollin |
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Helmut Rüdiger (1903–1966) was a German-Swedish journalist and anarcho-syndicalist activist. Born in Saxony, he became involved with the anarchist movement after the German Revolution of 1918–1919, becoming a leading member of the Free Workers' Union of Germany (FAUD). During the 1930s, he moved to Spain, where he participated in the Spanish Revolution of 1936. After the defeat of the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War, he fled to Sweden, where he became a leading member of the Central Organisation of the Workers of Sweden and an influential figure in the "revisionist" tendency of anarcho-syndicalism. He died in Spain in 1966, while trying to make contact with members of the anarchist underground.