Stanisław Mendelson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Stanisław Mendelson

Polish politician

Date of Birth: 18-Nov-1857

Place of Birth: Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 25-Jul-1913

Profession: politician

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Stanislaw Mendelson (1858 - 25 July 1913) was a Polish socialist politician and publicist of Jewish descent.
He was an activist of Polish and international workers' movement. He was one of the main activists and creators of the first programme of the Polish Socialist Party.
In 1875-1878 he helped organize socialist groups in Warsaw.
In 1878 Mendelson emigrated to Switzerland, and later lived in France and the United Kingdom.
He was the co-founder and editor of the first Polish socialist magazines - Równosc, Przedswit and Walka Klas.In 1880 he was accused, together with other activists, in a judicial process with socialists in Kraków.
In 1882-1884 he organized socialist groups in Poznan and was eventually imprisoned by Prussian authorities.
Being a skilled organizer and publicist, Mendelson personally befriended many foremost European socialists - Friedrich Engels, Karl Liebknecht, Eduard Bernstein, Karl Kautsky, Paul Lafargue, Georgi Plekhanov and others.