Leó Frankel

Leó Frankel ( Frankel Léo ) ( born February 25, 1844 in Újlak, Óbuda, † March 29, 1896 in Paris) was a communist- socialist politicians from Hungary.

Life

He was (now part of Budapest) was born 1844 in Óbuda and was of Jewish origin. For training as a goldsmith, he first went to Germany. Frankel worked for various newspapers, among others, for the newspaper " People's Voice " in Vienna. In France, he was arrested for his political activities and was released in the wake of political upheaval on 4 September 1870. During the Paris Commune in 1871, he was among the leaders. He was commissioner of labor, business and trade commission. Among other things, he equipped labor offices in all districts of the city. Thus he fulfilled the function of a de facto Minister of Labour. Frankel was wounded in the defense of the city, but managed to escape to Switzerland.

Later he went to London and took part in leading the work of the First International. Frankel worked closely with Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. He also wrote for the newspaper is published in Geneva " The Harbinger. Organ of the International Workingmen. "

For his work during the time of the Commune Frankel was sentenced to death in absentia in France. He was so famous in socialist circles that there were a number of people who posed for Frankel in order to receive support, so Wilhelm Blos was repeatedly fell for scam.

In 1876, Frankel returned to Hungary. There he was instrumental in the 1880 founding of the General Workers' Party. The government responded with repression and in 1881 Frankel was arrested. The delivery to France was promised, if evidence were available for Frankel is accused accusations. Since this was not the case, there was no extradition. After his release, he again went into exile. He died in Paris, and was buried in Père Lachaise Cemetery. Since 1968 he is based in Budapest.