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Adolph Fischer (1858 or 1861 - November 11, 1887) was an anarchist and labor union activist executed after the Haymarket riot, along with Albert Parsons, August Spies, and George Engel. He, along with his brother Frederick Fischer, were coopers in Chicago by 1880.
Birth Born in Bremen, Germany, Fischer emigrated to the United States in 1873. Anarchist Fischer became a typesetter for Arbeiter Zeitung, the anarchist paper of which Spies was the editor. Haymarket Square Fischer was at Zepf's Hall (a saloon) when the bomb went off. Trial His speech at his trial was as follows: "I was tried here in this room for murder and I was convicted of Anarchy. I protest against being sentenced to death, because I have not been found guilty of murder. I have been tried for murder, but I have been convicted because I am an Anarchist. If the ruling classes think that by hanging us, hanging a few Anarchists, they can crush out Anarchy, they will be badly mistaken, because the Anarchist loves his principles more than his life. An Anarchist is always ready to die for his principles." | ||||||||
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