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August Gebert was born in Mecklenburg, Germany and was a joiner by profession. He became a member of the Communist League while living in Switzerland. He continued to participate in the Communist League when he moved to London in 1850. [1] There he became a part of the sectarian Willich-Schapper group within the Communist League, which is known for expelling Marx and Engels. [2] In London he was the chair of the CABV (German Communist Workers' Educational Union) Whitechapel branch. [1]

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  1. 1 2 Christine Lattek (2006). Revolutionary refugees: German socialism in Britain, 1840-1860. Psychology Press. ISBN   978-0-7146-5100-2 . Retrieved 2011-07-18.
  2. ↑ Biographical note contained in the Collected Works of Karl Marx and Frederick Engels: Volume 10 (International Publishers: New York, 1978) p. 720.

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