“Sozialistengesetz”. A law passed by the Bismarck government of the German Empire with the support of a majority in the Reichstag on October 19, 1878, and entered into force on October 21, 1878, the full title of which was Gesetz gegen die gemeingefährlichen Bestrebungen der Sozialdemokratie (Law Against the Public Danger of Social-Democratic Endeavours). It was initially valid for three years, then extended four times, and on October 1, 1890, it was repealed…
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