faced hostility from the Communist Party of Great Britain, and instead joined the Labour Party, writing extensively for its journal, Labour. In 1934 he and his wife wrote The Secret of Hitler`s Victory: The Causes of the Breakdown of the German Republic published in hardback by the Hogarth Press. With the onset of World War II, his work dried up, but he remained in London until his death, eight years later. References External links Peter Petroff Archive at marxists.org 1884 births 1947 deaths British Socialist Party members Old Bolsheviks Red Clydeside Social Democratic Federation members Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United Kingdom