Julie Bebel
Johanna Caroline Julie Bebel (née Otto) (born September 2, 1843 in Leipzig , † November 22, 1910 in Zurich ) was a German social democrat . She was the wife of August Bebel .
Life
Julie was the daughter of Johann Gottfried Otto (* September 18, 1798 - April 10, 1857) and Christiane Sophie, geb. Weber (August 8, 1804 - December 20, 1865). Her father worked as a "wage coach", "bale binder", packer and "loader" and her mother as a "maid" and "cook". Julie was the youngest of seven children. She attended elementary school. She herself worked as a cleaner . After she met Bebel in 1863 at the foundation festival of the industrial education association , they both married on April 9, 1866. The daughter Bertha Friederike (January 16, 1869 - June 28, 1948) emerged from the marriage.
Especially while August Bebel was imprisoned during the Socialist Law , she ran her husband's company. It was a woodturning business with a number of employees.
Julie Bebel was also a staunch Social Democrat. Together with other women she organized solidarity meetings. During Bebel's imprisonment, she temporarily managed the party's funds and provided help for party members who were in need under the Socialist Act.
After the Socialist Law came to an end, at the beginning of the 1890s she was one of the founders of the educational association for women and girls in Berlin.
The Bebel couple exchanged numerous letters, especially during the Socialist Act, which were published in an edition. Because the captive Bebel's letters to his family were not censored, they began with family affairs and then moved on to political issues. Bebel continued to influence the development through Julie. Julie Bebel was also in correspondence with Friedrich Engels . Bebel dedicated his memoirs “From my life” to her in 1910 with the words: “My dear wife”.
Letters
- Werner Blumenberg (Ed.): August Bebel's correspondence with Friedrich Engels . Mouton & Co, London, The Hague, Paris 1965
- Ursula Herrmann (eds.): August and Julie Bebel. Letters of a marriage . Verlag JHW Dietz Nachf., Bonn 1997 ISBN 3-8012-0243-7
- Ursula Herrmann: On the 85th anniversary of August Bebel's death. Family letters from August and Julie Bebel to Agnes and Ignatz Auer . In: Contributions to the history of the labor movement . Vol. 40, Berlin 1998, pp. 57-79.
literature
- Karl Kautsky : Julie Bebel . In: The New Time . Weekly of the German Social Democracy . 29.1910-1911, Volume 1 (1911), Issue 9, pp. 276-278 digitized
- Heinrich Gemkow : Julie Bebel . In: Contributions to the history of the labor movement , Berlin 1989, No. 4, pp. 545–553
- Ursula Herrmann: Julie Bebel's family in Leipzig . In: Contributions to the history of the labor movement , Berlin 1997, Issue 4, pp. 85 ff.
- Anneliese Beske: Mrs. Julie . In: I have to be able to give myself completely. Women in Leipzig . Verlag für die Frau, Leipzig 1990, pp. 157-169, 237-238
- Heidi Beutin: "Even today the blood rises to my head, I think of those times." Everyday life and mentality under the conditions of an exceptional law. Julie and August Bebel in their correspondence . In: 125 Years of the Socialist Law. Contributions to the public scientific conference from November 28 to 30, 2003 in Kiel . Lang, Frankfurt am Main 2004, pp. 157–181 (Bremen contributions to the history of literature and ideas, vol. 45)
- Helga Grebing : History of the German labor movement. From the revolution of 1848 to the 21st century. Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-86602-288-1 , p. 280
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bebel, Julie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bebel, Johanna Caroline Julie (full name); Otto, Johanna Caroline Julie (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German social democrat, wife of August Bebel |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 2, 1843 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 22, 1910 |
| Place of death | Zurich |