Peter Nothjung (24 July 1821 – 4 October 1866) was a tailor in

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, Germany, where he joined the Cologne Workers' Association. Nothjung also became a member of the Communist League. As such, he served as an emissary between the Cologne Workers Association and the Central Authority of the Communist League. Nothjung later was accused by Prussian authorities of traitorous activities and became one of defendants in the " Cologne Communist Trial" in 1852.Biographical note contained in the ''Collected Works of Karl Marx and Frederick Engels: Volume 10'', p. 729.

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1821 births 1866 deaths German socialists German revolutionaries {{Germany-activist-stub