L’Ordine Nuovo / Contributor

Jules Humbert-Droz

Name
Jules Humbert-Droz
Born
23 September 1891, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
Died
16 October 1971, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
Aliases
JULES HUMBERT-DROZ.; further aliases unknown
Position in 1919–1920
Socialist journalist; founder of Le Phare in 1919; former pastor
Affiliations
La Sentinelle (editor, 1916–1919); Le Phare (founder, 1919); advocate of affiliation to the Third International; later Swiss Communist Party and Communist International
Council delegate
unknown
Bio
Jules Humbert-Droz trained in theology and worked as a pastor before editing the socialist daily La Sentinelle from 1916 to 1919. He was imprisoned for conscientious objection and participation in the general strike. In 1919 he founded Le Phare and advocated adherence to the Third International. He later helped found the Swiss Communist Party and joined the Communist International’s executive secretariat in 1921 and its presidium in 1926.
Articles
1

Indexed full catalog cards · Issues I.1, I.2, I.3, I.4, I.5, I.6, I.7, I.8, I.9, I.10, I.11, I.12, I.13, I.14, I.15, I.16, I.17, I.18, I.19, I.20, I.21, I.22, I.23, I.24, I.25, I.26, I.27, I.28, I.29, I.30, I.31, I.32, I.33, I.34, I.35, I.36, I.37, I.38, I.39, I.40, I.41, I.42, I.43, II.1, II.2, II.3, II.4, II.5, II.6. Coauthored cards count once for each named author. Serialized installments are counted as separate issue cards.

Brief records / quotations
2 · Separate from the Articles count.
Other Notes
I.22 reproduces a signed political excerpt without identifying its original publication. This quotation credit is counted separately from full catalog articles.

Sources

Biographical research checked 2026-10-15. Printed signatures and contribution details follow the indexed facsimiles and the catalog’s attribution notes. “unknown” means not securely established; advocacy of councils does not establish service as an elected delegate.

  1. Brigitte Studer, Humbert-Droz, Jules, Historical Dictionary of Switzerland, revised 27 November 2006
  2. I.22, signed excerpt, p.168