Emil Hirschfeld (Social Democrat) Joseph Kaskell (Deutsche Blätter (a German exile newspaper)) Julius Lips (left-wing Social Democrat) Alfons A. Nehring (linguist) Otto Pfeiffenberger (lawyer) Albert Schreiner (Communist Party of Germany) Jacob Walcher (Socialist Workers' Party of Germany) Elisabeth Hauptmann functioned as "Executive secretary". Thomas Mann had been involved in the plans for the CDG, but did not become a member. Although he agreed with large parts of the declaration, he felt its publication was too early. He also felt that the CDG should adopt a more critical approach to their home country, and to the crimes committed by Germans. References Exile organizations