Wilhelm Weitling ^*, 1808–1871 was the first German communist or socialist of importance. Part of the utopian socialism movement, he was respected by Marx whom broke with him in 1846.

Life

As a travelling sartorial journeyman/apprentice he came to Paris in 1838 and later to Switzerland. He was arrested in Zürich in 1843 for revolutionary agitation, and extradited to the Kingdom of Prussia. From there he got the chance in 1846 to immigrate to United States (as one of the Forty-Eighters).

Works

He published several revolutionary works:

• Garantien der Harmonie und Freiheit in 1842

• Die Menschheit. Wie Sie ist und wie sie sein sollte in 1839

References

Schäfer, Wolf, Die unvertraute Moderne. Historische Umrisse einer anderen Natur und Sozialgeschichte, Frankfurt, 1985, ISBN 3-596-27356-0

See also

• de:Bund der Gerechten

External links

• Wilhelm Weitling at Marxist Internet Archive
• Die Menschheit online at Marxist Internet Archive
• Wilhelm Weitling at the German page Bautz
• Danish reference
• Wilhelm Weitling at Italian Literature links
• American Page

People of the Revolutions of 1848 | German communists | 1808 births | 1871 deaths

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