Louis Kugelmann

Louis Kugelmann, or Ludwig Kugelmann (February 19, 1828 in Lemförde January 9, 1902 in Hannover) was a German gynecologist, social democratic thinker and activist, and confidant of Marx and Engels. Kugelmann married Gertrud Oppenheim (born 27 January 1839 in Bonn; died 1920 in Wiesbaden). They had a daughter Franziska Kugelmann (9 October 1858 in Hannover 31 August 1939 in Wiesbaden)[1]

He met with Karl Marx several times, visited him in Hannover, and exchanged letters with him and Friedrich Engels during the period 1862 to 1893. He was a member of the International Workingmen's Association and later the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).

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  1. letters from the town archives of Hannover and Wiesbaden

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