Heinrich Cunow (11 April 1862-20 August 1936) was a German Social Democratic Party politician and a Marxist theorist. Events 491 - Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, with the name of Anastasius I. Year 1862 was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Monday Events 636 - Battle of Yarmouk: Arab forces led by Khalid ibn al-Walid take control of Syria and Palestine Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Marxism is the political philosophy and practice derived from the work of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Cunow was originally against the First World War in 1914 but later supported it. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All He edited the Social Democratic theoretical journal Die Neue Zeit from 1917 to 1923, after Karl Kautsky. Die Neue Zeit ("The New Times" was a German socialist theoretical journal of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD that was Karl Kautsky ( October 16 1854 - October 17 1938) was a leading theoretician of Social democracy. Cunow was appointed in 1919 as a professor at the Humboldt University of Berlin. For other universities in Berlin see List of Universities in Berlin.