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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