Adolf Hepner
Adolf Hepner was a German-American writer. His association with the SPD led to him being a co-defendant in the Leipzig high treason trial. He was a journalist for papers in both Germany and in the United States.
Early life and education
Adolf Hepner was born on November 24, 1846, in Schmiegel, Posen. He went to the gymnasium school in Lissa before his stint in a Breslau Rabbinical seminary. He attended college at the University of Breslau before he went to college at the University of Berlin.Career
In 1868, Hepner began to become a socialist and he moved on to Leipzig where became an editor for a socialistic paper. He was associated with Wilhelm Liebknecht and August Bebel around his time at the paper.In 1872 he was tried for high treason and soon acquitted with his treason charges stemming from Hepner promoting socialist activities through journalism. His co defendants, Liebknecht and Bebel weren't acquitted like he was.
Later that year, Hepner violated Leipzig police director Ruder's prohibition when he visited the International Workers' Congress of the International Workers Association. Hepner took a delegate with him as he met Karl Marx and some similar people whom he knew personally as he got ready for his speech. On September 6, 1872, at The Hague, Hepner made a speech in support of German workers where he expressed his views on how the lack of authority felled the commune. Hepner was put in jail not too long after in part due to Hepner offending the chief constable but he was soon released.
Back at the Der Volksstaat, Hepner's rocky relationship with Theodor Yorck eventually led to Hepner being let go of his role at the paper.
Hepner moved to Breslau after he was forced out of Leipsic and subsequently he began a failed job as a publisher for his A. Hepner Breslau publishing house.
Hepner moved to St. Louis in 1886 after emigrating to the United States four years earlier due to the oppression he faced there as a socialist. He got back into editing as he was an editor for the St. Louis Tageblatt where he worked for ten years from 1888 to 1898. He was also hired to edit the Westliche Post, where he worked for some years.