August Reinsdorf

August Reinsdorf
Born
Friedrich August Reinsdorf

(1849-01-31)31 January 1849
Died7 February 1885(1885-02-07) (aged 36)
Cause of death
Decapitation
Other namePelsenbach
OccupationJourneyman typesetter
Known forAttempted assassination of Wilhelm I
Political party
SDAP
Other political
affiliations
IWA
MovementAnarchism
Criminal penalty
Sentanced to death by the Reichsgericht
Parents
  • Friedrich August Reinsdorf (father)
  • Christinae Emilie (mother)

August Reinsdorf (1849–1885) was a German anarchist known for his attempted assassination of Kaiser Wilhelm I.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Berkman, Alexander; Bauer, Henry; Nold, Carl (May 5, 2011). Prison Blossoms: Anarchist Voices from the American Past. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674050563.

Further reading

  • Carlson, Andrew R. (1982). "Anarchism and Individual Terror in the German Empire, 1870–90". In Mommsen, Wolfgang J.; Hirschfeld, Gerhard (eds.). Social Protest, Violence and Terror in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-century Europe. Palgrave Macmillan UK. pp. 175–200. ISBN 978-1-349-16943-6.
  • Kemp, Michael (2018). "The Emperor's Axe". Bombs, Bullets and Bread: The Politics of Anarchist Terrorism Worldwide, 1866-1926. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-1-4766-7101-7.