German Mäurer

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German Mäurer

Friedrich Wilhelm German Mäurer (11 February 1811, Bensberg – 7 July 1883, Paris) was a German Communist writer and leader of the early German labor movement.[1][2] He joined the League of Outlaws ("Bund der Geächteten) because of his democratic beliefs. When the League of Outlaws became the League of the Just ("Bund der Gerechtigkeit"), Mäurer became a member of the League of the Just. He wrote poetry for its newsletters and several books,[3] and with Moses Hess was an important link between it and Karl Marx.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Karl Marx, Frederick Engels, Collected Works, Volume 38, New York: International, 1975, p. 661.
  2. ^ According to the biographical entry at the German National Library, he was Swiss and born in 1813.
  3. ^ Archivalische Forschungen zur Geschichte der deutschen Arbeiterbewegung 5.1 (1967) p. xiv (in German)
  4. ^ Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels Gesamtausgabe (MEGA), Institut marksizma-leninizma (Moscow, Russia), Institut für Marxismus-Leninismus beim ZK der SED, Berlin: Akademie, 2001, ISBN 978-3-05-003610-6, pp. 541, 669 (in German)