Hermann Kriege (1820-1850) was a German American revolutionary and journalist of the first half of the 19th century. His journalistic activities supporting

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ideas caused him to be arrested and jailed in 1844. After serving his sentence he traveled to Bremen, then

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, and finally to New York. In New York he wrote for the ''Volks-Tribun'', a

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newspaper active in the 1840s. Following the

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he briefly returned to Germany but left soon after for the

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again. This time he settled in

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, where he became editor of the newly-formed

Illinois Staats-Zeitung ''Illinois Staats-Zeitung'' (''Illinois State Newspaper'') was one of the most well-known German-language newspapers of the United States; it was published in Chicago from 1848 until 1922. Along with the '' Westliche Post'' and ''Anzeiger des Wes ...

, a position he held until 1849, when he again returned to New York. Kriege suffered from mental illness and died in the

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in 1850, at age 30.

References

* Die Väter unserer Republik in ihrem Leben und Wirken. Thomas Paine. Uhl, New York 1848. {{DEFAULTSORT:Kriege, Hermann American socialists German socialists German emigrants to the United States 1820 births 1850 deaths 19th-century American newspaper editors Illinois Staats-Zeitung people New York (state) socialists Illinois socialists