Viktor Külföldi
| Viktor Külföldi | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Jakab Mayer-Rubcsics 1844 Thalheim, Germany |
| Died |
March 5, 1894 Budapest, Hungary |
| Pen name | Viktor Külföldi |
| Occupation | Journalist, lecturer |
| Language | Hungarian |
| Nationality | Hungarian |
| Subjects | Social democracy |
Viktor Külföldi, real name Jakab Mayer-Rubcsics, born Jacob Mayer (Hungarian: Mayer-Rubcsics Jakab, "Külföldi Viktor") (1844 – March 5, 1894) was a Hungarian Socialist, journalist, and lecturer.
Born in Thalheim, Germany (or Switzerland[1]). he was known in his adopted country by the alias "Külföldi" (Hungarian for "foreigner").[2] In 1871 he became a member of the International Working Men's Association.[2] Together with Karóly Farkas(hu) (1842–1907) and Antal Ihrlinger(hu), he co-founded of the first Hungarian Socialist organization, the General Working Men's Union(hu) (Hungarian: az Általános Munkásegylet).[3] For organizing a strike by the GWMU, he, among others, was arrested (1871–2) and accused of high treason; he was eventually acquitted because of lack of evidence.[2][3]
In 1877 Külföldi founded the Social-democratic newspaper Népszava ("People's Voice"). He retired from the worker's movement in 1890 and died in Budapest in 1894.[2]
Publications
References
- ↑ Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950
(PDF) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Külföldi Viktor" (in (Hungarian)). Magyar Életrajzi Lexicon 1000 – 1990 ("Hungarian Electronic Encyclopedia 1000 –1990"). Retrieved December 15, 2009.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Karl Marx (September 2 –7, 1872). "Report of the General Council, 5th IWMA Congress". The Hague, The Netherlands: marxists.org. Retrieved December 15, 2009.
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