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

  • Paris
  • Friendship with Friedrich Engels

“Agreement in all theoretical fields”

Yet two years earlier, Engels would write to Franz Mehring years later, Marx knew “absolutely nothing” about economics “and he could not imagine what a phrase like ‘economic system’ might mean”. Meantime, by contrast, Engels knows not only how to run a business, but is also aware of the poverty of the factory workers, having strolled through the working class districts for months on end.