Johann Joseph Jansen (1825–1849) was a German revolutionary. He was the brother of Karl Jansen, Johann Joseph was a democrat and as a result he became leader of the Cologne Workers' Association. He was a supporter of

Gottschalk Gottschalk or Godescalc (Old High German) is a male German name that can be translated literally as " servant of God". Latin forms include ''Godeschalcus'' and ''Godescalcus''. Given name * Godescalc of Benevento, 8th-century Lombard duke *Godescal ...

. He was shot by

Prussia Prussia, , Old Prussian: ''Prūsa'' or ''Prūsija'' was a German state on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea. It formed the German Empire under Prussian rule when it united the German states in 1871. It was ''de facto'' dissolved by an em ...

n authorities in 1849 for his participation in the Baden-Palatinate uprising of 1849.Biographical note contained in the ''Collected Works of Karl Marx and Frederick Engels: Volume 10'' (International Publishers: New York, 1978) p. 724.

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1825 births 1849 deaths German socialists German revolutionaries {{Germany-activist-stub