Friedrich Sorge
Friedrich Adolph Sorge was a German communist who emigrated to the United States, where he played an important role in the labor movement.
Friedrich Adolph Sorge was born onNovember 1828 in Bethau, Saxony, Germany, son of the Reverend Georg Sorge and Hedwig Lange. His father was a freethinking parson, and often gave shelter to Polish revolutionaries travelling from France and Belgium to Poland. He waswhen the revolutions of 1848 in the German states began. He joined a group of armed revolutionaries in Saxony, but they were quickly suppressed by Pomeranian troops and Sorge was forced to take refuge in Switzerland. He returned to Germany and joined the Karlsruhe Freikorp. His unit fought the Prussians in Baden and the Palatinate, losing both times. In June 1849 Sorge again took refuge in Switzerland.
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