Georg Weerth Papers from RGASPI n.d.
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Georg Weerth Papers from RGASPI
Collection ID ARCH01681 Creator Weerth, Georg Period n.d. Extent 2 microfilms Language list Language of Material German
Context
Biographical Note Born in Detmold, Lippe 1822, died in Havana 1856; commercial employee, poet, communist writer; frequented literary circles in Barmen, Cologne and Bonn 1838-1843, met Hermann Püttmann and Gottfried Kinkel; lived in Bradford, England 1843-1846, got in touch with Friedrich Engels and familiar with the Chartist movement; from 1844 onwards his lyrics and prose depicted the exploited state and the struggle of the working classes, making him according to Engels the first and most important poet of the German proletariat; cooperated closely with Engels and Karl Marx, first in Brussels in 1846/47 as contributor to the Deutsche Brüsseler Zeitung and member of the Association démocratique and the Bund der Kommunisten, then during the revolution 1848/49 as a member of the editorial staff of the Neue Rheinische Zeitung in Cologne.
Acquisition No information on acquisition available.
Content and Structure
Content Documents collected for the publication of `Georg Weerth, Sämtliche Briefe', edited by Jürgen Wolfgang Goette, Frankfurt/New York 1989: mainly Weerth's correspondence with his mother Wilhelmine, some letters from his brother Wilhelm and from Franz and Lina Duncker. NB. Originals at the RCChIDNI, Moscow, fund 177, and the Lippische Landesbibliothek, Detmold, Germany.
Subjects
Geographic Names Germany
Themes Culture, media and arts Anarchist movements
Material Type
International Institute of Social History 3 Georg Weerth Papers from RGASPI n.d.
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Access and Use
Access Not restricted
Preferred Citation Georg Weerth Papers from RGASPI, inventory number ..., International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam
Allied Materials
Location of Originals Originals at the RCChIDNI in Moscow and the Lippische Landesbibliothek, Detmold
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