Immigrant police
Name for the immigration authorities in Switzerland and Austria
International Red Aid
Refugee aid by the Communist Parties of Germany and Austria (KPD and KPÖ)
International Revolutionary Theatre Association (IRTB)
socialist professional organisation for people working in theatre; set up in Moscow in 1933 out of the International Workers’ Theatre Movement
Internationaler Sozialistischer Kampfbund [International Socialist Militant League]
The International Socialist Militant League (ISK) was founded in 1925 by Göttingen physicist Leonard Nelson (1882-1927) as a splinter group of the SPD. The ISK publishing organ Der Funke published an urgent appeal in 1932 and 1933 by well-known people concerning a fusion of the SPD (Social Democrats) and KPD (Communists), in order to prevent the Nazis from establishing a dictatorship.
Isherwood, Christopher
(1904-1986), English writer, lived from 1939 in the United States
Ismailism
Ismailism, a Shiite Islam movement which recognizes Ismail (d. 760) as the successor of the Prophet Mohammed.
Jacques, Olly
whose first name was actually Olga, née Hübner, 1878-1949, German actress. Lived after 1909 in Switzerland, where she provided accommodation for many artists in her home in Carabietta.
Janka, Charlotte
1914-2012, German translator and publicist, emigrated to France following active political involvement as a communist; continued to Mexico in 1941, remigration to the GDR in 1947
Janka, Walter
1914-1994, German publisher and dramatist, emigrated from Spain to France in1939, from 1941 exile in Mexico; political and publishing activities there, among other things as head of exile publishing house El Libro Libre; remigration in 1947 to the GDR, where he was imprisoned and then later pardoned
Jockisch, Walter
1907-1970, opera director, second husband of Grete Weil, married in 1960
