Note 57 — Chapter 38 Switzerland—James Fazy and the Refugees—Monte Rosa

Weitling, Wilhelm (born 1808), got into touch with communists in Paris and Switzerland during his wanderings as a journeyman tailor, was prosecuted for propaganda of his ideas in Germany, escaped to America, where he became the head of a communist colony in the state of Iowa, wrote Das Evangelium des armen Sünders, Garantien der Harmonie und Freiheit (1842), and Die Menschheit wie sie ist und wie sie sein sollte (1845).—(Translator’s Note.)