Moses Hess Papers from Zionist Central Archives c.1845-c.1873

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Moses Hess Papers from Zionist Central Archives

Collection ID ARCH00569 Creator Hess, Moses Period c.1845-c.1873 Extent 1 microfilm. Language list English Language of Material German

Context

Biographical Note Born in Bonn 1812, died in Paris 1875; journalist and writer, pioneer for both the socialist movement and the Zionist movement; went to Paris at the end of the 1830s; wrote e.g. for Rheinische Zeitung, Deutsch-französische Jahrbücher, Vorwärts Paris, Rheinische Jahrbücher and closely cooperated with Marx and Engels; chairman of the Deutsche Arbeiterverein and journalist in Paris 1848-1849; had to flee, went first to Switzerland then to Belgium, and returned to Paris in 1853, where he stayed intermittently for the rest of his life; after the coup of Napoleon III in 1851 turned towards the natural sciences; returned to politics during the Italian war in 1859; supported the national movements in 1863; representative of the Allgemeine Deutsche Arbeiterverein in Cologne; extradited from Paris as a Prussian citizen in 1870; criticized Bismarck's policies and soon returned to Paris, where he worked on cosmological studies.

Acquisition Microfilm received by the IISH from the Zionist Central Archives, Jerusalem.

Content and Structure

Content Correspondence between Hess and his wife Sybille Pesch; letters to Moses Hess from Lazarus Hess and Heinrich Graetz; letters to Sybille from Gustave d'Eichthal and others; manuscripts c.1845-c.1873.

Subjects

Geographic Names Germany

Persons Pesch, Sybille Hess, Lazarus d'Eichthal, Gustave

Organizations

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International Working Men's Association (IWMA) Allgemeine Deutsche Arbeiterverein

Themes Socialist and social democrat parties/Socialist International Communist movements and parties Workers movements/Workers councils/Workers International organizations

Material Type Archival material

Access and Use

Access Not restricted

Preferred Citation Moses Hess Papers from Zionist Central Archives, inventory number ..., International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam

Allied Materials

Location of Originals Originals at the Zionist Central Archives, Jerusalem.

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