Figure S.4.1     Bans and Appeals under the Anti-Socialist Law, 1878–1890

 

	Bans imposed October 1878 to June 1879	Total bans imposed Oct. 1878 to Sept. 1890	Appeals considered by the Reichs-kommission	Appeals rejected on formal or substantive grounds	Appeals accepted as valid
	1	2	3	4	5
Associations	217	318	97	81	9
Periodical literature	127	608	106	70	35
Non-periodical literature	278	1,241	126	98	25
Total	622	2,167	329	249	69

 

Notes: Col. 3 includes a total of 11 appeals considered invalid on formal (not substantive) grounds. Col. 4 includes a total of 40 appeals rejected on formal grounds.

 

Sources: “Bericht über die Thätigkeit der ... Reichs-Commission für den Zeitraum vom 31. [sic] October 1878 bis 30. September 1890” (copy), Sächsisches Hauptstaatsarchiv Dresden, Ministerium des Innern (MdI), Nr. 10988; Kampffmeyer, Unter dem Sozialistengesetz, 144f.; Stern, Kampf, 1:10.

 

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