Marx as a Migrant – A digital narrative

Karl Marx lived a long life as a migrant. Fleeing from the Prussian state, censorship and possible arrest, important stops on his journey were Paris, Brussels and London. These cities shaped his political activities, his engagement with political fellow-travellers, as well as his intellectual development and thus his entire work.

At the click of a mouse, you can follow Marx as a migrant from city to city. You can not only immerse yourself in his time, but also discover that even today, traces of his life and work continue to be seen in Paris, Brussels and London.

Each station takes about 45 minutes.

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Marx as a Migrant

  • London
  • Poverty, Sickness, Death

Karl Marx in a letter to Friedrich Engels on 12 April 1855, three days after Edgar's funeral:

“I cannot tell you how we miss the child at every turn. […] Only now do I know what real unhappiness is. […] Since the funeral I have been fortunate enough to have such splitting headaches that I can neither think nor hear nor see.”
 

In July of the same year, he writes to Ferdinand Lassalle:

“Bacon says that really important people have so many relations to nature and the world, so many objects of interest, that they easily get over any loss. I am not one of those important people. The death of my child has shattered me to the very core and I feel the loss as keenly as on the first day. My poor wife is also completely broken down.”