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Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei, draft manuscript page and Das Kapital. Erster Band, Karl Marx's personal annotated copy
The Communist Manifesto and Das Kapital are two of the most important publications of the 19th century, hugely influential to the present day. Both were written by Karl Marx, in cooperation with Friedrich Engels. Both were translated in practically every language, and published world-wide. These writings had a tremendous impact on the development of socialist, communist and other revolutionary movements throughout the 19th and 20st century. The writings of Marx and Engels were rigidly interpreted and used to justify repression and the absolute control of the state over the individual. In many African, Asian and Latin American countries, Marxism was a main source of inspiration for liberation movements.
Registration Year: 2013
Submission Year: 2012
Submitted by: Germany, Netherlands
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Document type: Books
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Karl Marx, Hannover 1867, shortly after delivering the manuscript of Das Kapital in Hamburg (IISH, callnr. BG A9/363).
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Friedrich Engels, Brighton 1877, the year he published his Anti-Dühring, an influential popularization of Marx's thoughts (IISH, callnr. BG A4/610).
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Cover Manifest, first edition (London, 1948) (IISH, Library callnr. D 1181/1 K).
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Manuscript page Manifest (IISH, K. Marx and F. Engels Papers, inv. no. A 22).
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Annotated copy Das Kapital. Erster Band, first edition (Hamburg 1867). (IISH, Library callnr. D 1182/1 K).
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