Gustav Siegfried
Gustav Siegfried (born June 26, 1808 in Zofingen ; † December 3, 1843 there ; authorized to live there) was a Swiss manufacturer and early socialist .
Siegfried completed a commercial training in Neuchâtel in 1824/1825 and then worked as a manufacturer in Zofingen. He came "to the insight that political equality is not enough, since it is undermined by the ruling economic" class, and turned to early socialism . Siegfried dealt with Saint-Simon , Fourier , Owen and Cabet . He was a supporter of the community of property . In 1842 he worked with the communist Wilhelm Weitling .
Web links
- Franz Wirth: Siegfried, Gustav. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Individual evidence
- ^ Franz Wirth: Johann Jakob Treichler and the social movement in the canton of Zurich (1845/1846). Basel 1981.
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| SURNAME | Siegfried, Gustav |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss manufacturer and early socialist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 26, 1808 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zofingen |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 3, 1843 |
| Place of death | Zofingen |