Willi Eichler (7 January 1896 – 17 October 1971) was a German journalist and politician with the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).
[4][5] In 1922, he went to work as the secretary of the socialist philosopher, Leonard Nelson,[6] who founded the Internationaler Sozialistischer Kampfbund (ISK).
It was signed by 33 well-known scientists, authors and artists, including Albert Einstein, Emil Julius Gumbel, Kurt Hiller, Erich Kästner, Käthe Kollwitz / Arthur Kronfeld, Heinrich Mann, Pietro Nenni, Paul Oestreich, Franz Oppenheimer, Theodor Plivier, Minna Specht, Helene Stöcker, Ernst Toller, Erich Zeigner and Arnold Zweig.
In London, Eichler worked at the BBC making broadcasts aimed at German workers and published Europe Speaks.
[5] Toward the end of his exile in London, he worked closely with historian Susanne Miller, a German Jewish refugee, who later became his wife.
During the period after the war, Eichler was one of the leading theoreticians in his party and was the chairman of the decision-making commission to prepare for the Godesberg Program.