Ernst Schneider (communist)

Ernst Schneider (23 July 1883, Königsberg- 1963, Southend) was a German sailor who played an active part in the German Revolution of November 1918 and who participated in the Hamburg Uprising of October 1923.{{cite web|last1=Schneider|first1=Ernst|title=The Wilhelmshaven Revolt|url=https://www.marxists.org/subject/germany-1918-23/schneider/wilhelmshaven-revolt.htm#rn2|website=Marxists.org|publisher=Marxists Internet Archive|accessdate=30 August 2016}} He remained active in the German Workers' movement until being arrested by the Gestapo in 1935. In 1939, he reached England, where he joined the Anti-Parliamentary Communist Federation.

Schneider started worker as a harbourman, working on launches and lighters which did not leave the harbour. He joined the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), but soon moved on to become involved with anarcho-syndicalism, editing Der Kampf, the journal of the Hamburg Anarchist Federation.{{cite web|last1=Heath|first1=Nick|title=Schneider, Ernst Wilhelm, 1883-1946 or 1970? Aka Ikarus|url=https://libcom.org/history/schneider-ernst-wilhelm-1883-19461970-aka-ikarus-icarus|website=Libcom|accessdate=30 August 2016}}