Adolph Bermbach

Adolph Joseph Maria Bermbach (14 December 1822 – 14 March 1875{{cite book |last=Padover |first=Saul Kussiel |title=The Letters of Karl Marx|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E10EAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Adolph+Bermbach%22 |year=1979 |publisher=Prentice Hall |isbn=978-0-13-531533-0 |page=76 |via=Google Books}}) was a German lawyer and revolutionary who worked in Cologne. Bermbach, a member of the Communist League,{{cite book |last=Herzig |first=Arno |title=Abraham Jacobi: die Entwicklung zum sozialistischen und revolutionären Demokraten : Briefe, Dokumente, Presseartikel (1848-1853) |language=de |trans-title=Abraham Jacobi: the development into a socialist and revolutionary democrat: letters, documents, press articles (1848-1853) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yxAlAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Adolph+Bermbach%22 |year=1980 |publisher=Mindener Geschichtsverein |page=122 |via=Google Books}} was a correspondent of Karl Marx{{cite book |title=Marx-Engels Jahrbuch |language=de |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KEAqAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Adolph+Bermbach%22 |volume=11 |year=1988 |publisher=Dietz |isbn=978-3-320-01023-2 |page=430 |via=Google Books}} and kept him abreast of anti-communist trials{{cite book |last=Fedoseev |first=Petr Nikolaevich |title=Karl Marx: A Biography |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Sp5IAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Adolph+Bermbach%22 |year=1989 |publisher=Progress Publishers |isbn=978-5-01-000318-0 |page=250 |via=Google Books}} in Cologne after Marx had moved to London.{{cite book |last=Freiligrath |first=Ferdinand |title=Briefwechsel mit Marx und Engels |language=de |trans-title=Correspondence with Marx and Engels |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7JNUAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Adolph+Bermbach%22 |year=1968 |publisher=Akademie-Verlag |page=49 |via=Google Books}} Bermbach also was a witness for the defence at that the Cologne Communist Trial.Biographical note contained in the {{cite book |title=Collected Works of the Karl Marx and Frederick Engels |volume=11 |publisher=International Publishers |location=New York |date=1979 |page=694}} He studied legal science in Bonn from 1841 to 1844. Later he worked as a notary.