''Der Proletarier'' ('The Proletarian') was a

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socialist weekly newspaper published from

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, the

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. It began publishing in mid-1853, and was the first German-language socialist organ in the city. The newspaper was an initiative of a small group of German socialists who had fled to the United States following the defeat of the

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. Henry Rösch served as the editor of the ''Der Proletarier''. J. Karlen was another of the key figures of the newspaper.

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