Bernhard Reichenbach

Bernhard Reichenbach (1888 in Berlin – 1975 in London) was a member of the Executive Committee of the Communist International. He was a member of the Communist Workers' Party of Germany and acted as their delegate to the Third Congress of the Third International.
Bernhard was born in Berlin in 1988, the son of Bruno Reichenbach. Bernhard's younger brother was Hans Reichenbach who would go on to become a leading philosopher of science. Bernhard would go on to serve in the German army during the First World War but as a conscientious objector he served in the medical corps between 1915–17 and served at the Battle of Verdun. Bernhard then joined the German Foreign Office which he served in until 1919. Bernhard would join the Communist Workers' Party of Germany and, shortly after the birth of his son, Hanno, he travelled to the Soviet Union as one of his party's representatives and would go on to hold discussions with Lenin.
With the coming to power of Adolf Hitler and...