# Carl Windhoff

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{{Short description|German syndicalist trade unionist}}
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'''Carl Windhoff''' (1882–1940) was a German syndicalist trade unionist.

He joined the [Social Democratic Party of Germany](/source/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Germany) (SPD) in 1890. He was one of the most important SPD leaders [Düsseldorf](/source/D%C3%BCsseldorf) until he left the party in 1901. He then joined the [Free Association of German Trade Unions](/source/Free_Association_of_German_Trade_Unions) (FVdG) and became one of its most prominent members in the [Rhineland](/source/Rhineland). In 1913, [Fritz Kater](/source/Fritz_Kater), [Karl Roche](/source/Karl_Roche), and he were the FVdG's delegates at the [First International Syndicalist Congress](/source/First_International_Syndicalist_Congress) in London. After [World War I](/source/World_War_I), he was one of the leaders of the FVdG in the [Ruhr region](/source/Ruhr_region) and helped re-build the organization. He became the head of the agitation committee of the [Free Workers' Union of Germany](/source/Free_Workers'_Union_of_Germany) (FAUD), the follow-up organization of the FVdG, in 1922. After the Nazi ''[Machtergreifung](/source/Machtergreifung)'' in 1933, he was arrested in 1937 and sentenced to three years in prison. He died three years later.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Windhoff, Carl (1872-1941) {{!}} libcom.org |url=https://libcom.org/article/windhoff-carl-1872-1941 |access-date=2023-07-31 |website=libcom.org |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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*{{cite book| title = Syndikalismus und Linkskommunismus von 1918 bis 1923: Ein Beitrag zur Sozial- und Ideengeschichte der frühen Weimarer Republik
 | last = Bock | first = Hans-Manfred | year = 1993
 | orig-year = First published 1967
 | publisher = Wissenschaftlich Buchgesellschaft | location = Darmstadt
 | language = de
 | page = 103
 | isbn = 3-534-12005-1
}}
*{{cite book| title = Freiheit und Brot: Die Freie Arbeiter-Union Deutschlands: Eine Studie zur Geschichte des Anarchosyndikalismus
 | last = Rübner | first = Hartmut | year = 1994
 | publisher = Libertad Verlag | location = Berlin/Cologne
 | language = de
 | page = 40
 | isbn = 3-922226-21-3
}}
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==External links==
* [https://syndikalismusforschung.wordpress.com/2012/02/09/biographie-carl-windhoff-1872-1941/ Helge Döhring: Carl Windhoff (1872-1941)]

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Category:1882 births
Category:1940 deaths
Category:Members of the Free Association of German Trade Unions
Category:Members of the Free Workers' Union of Germany

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