Adolph Joseph Maria Bermbach (14 December 1822 – 14 March 1875[1]) was a German lawyer[2] and revolutionary who worked in Cologne. Bermbach, a member of the Communist League,[2] was a correspondent of Karl Marx[3] and kept him abreast of anti-communist trials[4] in Cologne after Marx had moved to London.[5] Bermbach also was a witness for the defence at that the Cologne Communist Trial.[6] He studied legal science in Bonn from 1841 to 1844. Later he worked as a notary.

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  6. ^ Biographical note contained in the Collected Works of the Karl Marx and Frederick Engels. Vol. 11. New York: International Publishers. 1979. p. 694.