Mazzini's secretary who meddled in the International's draft rules and was later exposed as an informer of Napoleon III
An Italian revolutionary of German birth and Jewish ancestry, born in Augsburg, whose exact dates are unknown. He fought in the French Foreign Legion in Algeria, in the Italian revolution of 1848–1849 and in the Crimean War. He was Mazzini's secretary from 1860 to 1870 and fought with Garibaldi. In 1864, at Mazzini's suggestion, he was one of the Italian delegates to the newly founded International and sat on its General Council in 1864–1865; Marx deplored his part in drafting the rules as Mazzini's influence, and the rules finally adopted were written by Marx. In 1866 he fought in the Third Italian War of Independence and reached the rank of colonel. In 1871 documents found in Paris apparently proved that he had been a paid informer of Napoleon III's imperial police, and he disappeared.
Also known as: Louis Wolff · Adolfo Luigi Wolff
Activities and affiliations
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1864–1865
International Workingmen's Association (First International)Main
Social movements and organizing
Career Timeline
- 1860–1862Fought with Garibaldi's troops
- 1860–1870Secretary to Mazzini
- 1864–1865Member of the General Council of the International
- 1866Fought in the Third Italian War of Independence