John Pepper , also known as József Pogány and Joseph Pogany ( born József Schwartz ; November 8 , 1886 – February 8 , 1938 ) , was a Hungarian-Jewish Communist politician . He later served as a Revolutionary in the Communist International in Moscow , before being cashiered in 1929 . Later an official in the Soviet government , Pepper ran afoul of the secret police and was executed during the Great Terror of 1937 – 38
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