The ''Deutsch–Französische Jahrbücher'' (''German–French Annals'') was a journal published in
Paris
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by
Karl Marx
Karl Marx (; 5 May 1818 – 14 March 1883) was a German philosopher, political theorist, economist, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. He is best-known for the 1848 pamphlet '' The Communist Manifesto'' (written with Friedrich Engels) ...
and
Arnold Ruge
Arnold Ruge (; 13 September 1802 – 31 December 1880) was a German philosopher and political writer. He was the older brother of Ludwig Ruge.
Studies in university and prison
Born in Bergen auf Rügen, he studied at Halle, Jena and Heidelberg. ...
. It was created as a reaction to the censorship of the '' Rheinische Zeitung''.
History and profile
''Deutsch–Französische Jahrbücher'' published only one issue, a double number, appeared in February 1844. Marx's essay ''
On The Jewish Question
"On the Jewish Question" is a response by Karl Marx to then-current debates over the Jewish question. Marx's father had converted to Lutheran Christianity, and his wife and children were baptized in 1825 and 1824, respectively. Marx wrote the pie ...
'' and the introduction to the manuscript ''
Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right
''Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right'' () is a manuscript written by the German political philosopher Karl Marx in 1843 but unpublished during his lifetimeexcept for the introduction, published in '' Deutsch–Französische Jahrbücher'' in ...
'' were published in this issue.
Friedrich Engels
Friedrich Engels ( ;"Engels" ''Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary''.
In the months following publication, Marx was accused by the
Prussian government
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of high treason and
lèse-majesté
''Lèse-majesté'' or ''lese-majesty'' ( , ) is an offence or defamation against the dignity of a ruling head of state (traditionally a monarch but now more often a president) or of the state itself. The English name for this crime is a mod ...
for his writings in the ''Jahrbücher.'' The publication was discontinued because of Marx's differences in principle with Ruge and the difficulty of smuggling the periodical into
Germany
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.
Contents
The combined first and second number of the ''Deutsch–Französische Jahrbücher'' had the following content:Translated from