Peter Nothjung
Peter Nothjung (24 July 1821 – 4 October 1866) was a tailor in Cologne, Germany, where he joined the Cologne Workers' Association. Nothjung also became a member of the Communist League. As such, he served as an emissary between the Cologne Workers Association and the Central Authority of the Communist League.[1] Nothjung later was accused by Prussian authorities of traitorous activities and became one of defendants in the "Cologne Communist Trial" in 1852.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Karl Marx and Frederick Engels joint "Address to the Central Authority" of the Communist League in June 1850 contained in the Collected Works of Karl Marx and Frederick Engels: Volume 10 (International Publishers: New York, 1978) p. 376.
- ^ Biographical note contained in the Collected Works of Karl Marx and Frederick Engels: Volume 10, p. 729.
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