Cologne Communist Trial
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The Cologne Communist Trial took place in 1852 in Cologne
, Germany
, and was conducted by the Prussian government
against eleven members of the Communist League
who were suspected of having participated in the 1848 uprising
. The trial lasted from October 4 to November 12, and when it was over the Communist League dissolved itself. Evidence for the prosecution consisted also of forged documents and other fake evidence; seven of the eleven were sentenced to prison terms of up to six years.
Cologne
Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, and was conducted by the Prussian government
Kingdom of Prussia
The Kingdom of Prussia was a German kingdom from 1701 to 1918. Until the defeat of Germany in World War I, it comprised almost two-thirds of the area of the German Empire...
against eleven members of the Communist League
Communist League
The Communist League was the first Marxist international organization. It was founded originally as the League of the Just by German workers in Paris in 1834. This was initially a utopian socialist and Christian communist group devoted to the ideas of Gracchus Babeuf...
who were suspected of having participated in the 1848 uprising
Revolutions of 1848 in the German states
The Revolutions of 1848 in the German states, also called the March Revolution – part of the Revolutions of 1848 that broke out in many countries of Europe – were a series of loosely coordinated protests and rebellions in the states of the German Confederation, including the Austrian Empire...
. The trial lasted from October 4 to November 12, and when it was over the Communist League dissolved itself. Evidence for the prosecution consisted also of forged documents and other fake evidence; seven of the eleven were sentenced to prison terms of up to six years.