Adolf Hepner

Adolf Hepner (November 24, 1846 – April 26, 1923) was a German-American writer. His association with the SPD led to him being a co-defendant in the Leipzig high treason trial. He was a journalist for papers in both Germany and in the United States.

Early life and education

Adolf Hepner was born on November 24, 1846, in Schmiegel, Posen (modern day Śmigiel, Poland). He went to the gymnasium school in Lissa (modern day Leszno) before his stint in a Breslau Rabbinical seminary.

Later that year, Hepner violated Leipzig police director Ruder's prohibition when he visited the International Workers' Congress of the International Workers Association. Hepner took a delegate with him as he met Karl Marx and some similar people whom he knew personally as he got ready for his speech. On September 6, 1872, at The Hague, Hepner made a speech in support of German workers where he expressed his views on how the lack of authority felled the commune.

Hepner moved to Breslau after he was forced out of Leipsic and subsequently he began a failed job as a publisher for his A. Hepner Breslau publishing house. He was also hired to edit the Westliche Post, where he worked for some years.

Works

Hepner wrote various political essays like America's Aid to Germany in 1870-1871 in 1904 and other works like a one act play titled Good Night, Schatz in 1894.