Friedrich Wilhelm German Mäurer (11 February 1811, Bensberg – 7 July 1883,

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) was a

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and leader of the early German labor movement. He joined the League of Outlaws ("Bund der Geächteten) because of his democratic beliefs. When the League of Outlaws became the

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("Bund der Gerechtigkeit"), Mäurer became a member of the League of the Just. He wrote poetry for its newsletters and several books, and with

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was an important link between it and

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.''Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels Gesamtausgabe (MEGA)'', Institut marksizma-leninizma (Moscow, Russia), Institut für Marxismus-Leninismus beim ZK der SED, Berlin: Akademie, 2001,
pp. 541, 669

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