Konrad Schramm, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German revolutionary
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Place of Birth: Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
About Konrad Schramm
- Konrad Schramm was born in Germany in 1822.
- He was a proletarian revolutionary and as a result joined the Communist League.
- Following the suppression of the uprisings of 1848 and 1849, Schramm refugeed to London, England in 1849.
- He became a manager of the Neue Rheinische Zeitung: Politisch-ökonomische Revue.
- Schramm was also a friend and an associate of both Karl Marx and Frederick Engels. In 1850, he challenged August Willich, an opponent of Marx, to a duel.
- This was after Willich had insulted and challenged Marx, but Marx had refused to fight him.
- The pistol duel took place in Belgium as duels were forbidden by law in the United Kingdom.
- Schramm received a bullet wound to the head, but survived.Schramm died in 1858.
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