“Neither religious reform nor baptism, neither Enlightenment nor Emancipation will open the gates of social life before the Jews.”
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Moses Hess
Moses Hess was a German-Jewish philosopher, a writer on socialism, and in later life, a forerunner of the political movement that became known as Zionism. His intellectual journey included significant contributions to the early development of socialist theory, and he was a close collaborator and an important influence on Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. In his later life, Hess's focus shifted towar…
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Born 21 January 1812 · Died 6 April 1875 · Q213565
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2026· 1 entry
1961· 2 entries
His remains were transferred to Israel and reinterred in the Kinneret Cemetery
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His remains were moved from Germany to Israel and reinterred in the Kinneret Cemetery, alongside other founders of socialist Zionism
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1875· 7 entries
Died 1875-04-06.
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“La paz reinará en la sociedad tanto internamente como externamente.”
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“Los viejos contrastes entre las clases bajas y las clases altas, plebeyos y patricios, pobres y ricos, fuente de todos los conflictos, perderán su veneno.”
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“Las mujeres serán iguales a los hombres y recibirán la misma educación.”
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And was buried in the Jewish cemetery in Deutz, Cologne
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“Con la industria garantizando la abundancia, el ser humano será capaz de dirigir sus actividades a la más alta creatividad artística.”
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“La sociedad se ocupará de la salud y el bienestar de los enfermos y los ancianos y con la desaparición de la pobreza, la delincuencia desaparecerá también.”
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1864· 1 entry
Became deeply involved in its activities, often serving as Karl Marx's personal representative at its congresses on the continent
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1863· 1 entry
A defense of socialism against liberal cooperative ideas
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1862· 1 entry
After returning to Germany under a political amnesty, Hess published Rome and Jerusalem: The Last National Question, a book that marked his public turn to Jewish nationalism and established him as a foundational thinker
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1852· 1 entry
Legally married Sibylle Pesch, a working-class Catholic woman with whom he had been living since the early 1840s; he had originally entered the relationship as an act to "redress the injustice perpetrated by society"
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1851· 1 entry
The death of his father left Hess with a modest inheritance, allowing him to live as an independent writer in Paris
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1850· 1 entry
Hess criticized Herzen's belief that a primitive and uncorrupted Russia, with its ancient village commune, would lead the redemption of a decadent Europe
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1841· 2 entries
Hess became a central organizer for the liberal newspaper Rheinische Zeitung, a project that brought him into contact with the young Karl Marx
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Was a more mature work that reached a wider audience and established his reputation among German radicals
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1839· 1 entry
Studied at University of Bonn (1837–1839).
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1837· 1 entry
Hess published his first book, Die heilige Geschichte der Menschheit (The Holy History of Mankind)
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1835· 1 entry
Where he attended some lectures, but it is uncertain whether he matriculated, and the experience appears to have left little impression on him
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1833· 1 entry
Left home with a small sum of money, travelling to Holland and France, where he experienced poverty and first encountered socialist ideas
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1826· 1 entry
Hess joined his father in Cologne and was expected to enter the family business
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1816· 1 entry
To set up a sugar refinery, but left the five-year-old Moses in Bonn to be raised by his devoutly religious maternal grandfather
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1814· 1 entry
The region was granted to the Kingdom of Prussia, which rescinded the rights Jews had acquired under the French
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1812· 1 entry
Born 1812-01-21.
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