Johann Joseph Jansen

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Johann Joseph Jansen (c. 1825–1849) was a German revolutionary. He was the brother of Karl Jansen, Johann Joseph was a democrat and as a result he became leader of the Cologne Workers' Association. He was a supporter of Gottschalk. He was shot by Prussian authorities in 1849 for his participation in the Baden-Palatinate uprising of 1849.[1]

References

  1. ^ Biographical note contained in the Collected Works of Karl Marx and Frederick Engels: Volume 10 (International Publishers: New York, 1978) p. 724.