Friedrich Wendel

Frederick Wendel (12 May 1886, in Koslin – 8 March 1960, in Kiel) was a German political activist, journalist, author and co ran the Book Circle book club with Karl Schröder.

Frederick Wendel was the son of a carpenter. He completed an apprenticeship as a book printer. In 1907 he joined the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) owing to the influence of Lily Braun. Together with Arthur Goldstein Wendel belonged to the first Executive Committee of the KAPD. However, unlike Goldstein, he was sympathetic to the Hamburg faction grouped around Fritz Wolffheim and Heinrich Laufenberg. Whereas he had been involved in the editorial team of the KAPD paper, Kommunistische Arbeiter-Zeitung, he was removed from this position in June 1920, and left the KAPD following the departure of the Hamburg faction. However he rejoined the SPD.