Karol Bahrke Explained

Karol Bahrke
Birth Date:16 March 1868
Birth Place:Kingdom of Prussia
Death Date:1935
Death Place:United States
Nationality:Polish
Occupation:Printer, Publisher

Karol Bahrke (March 16, 1868 – 1935) was a Polish Printer and Publisher.

He was born to Masurian parents.[1]

Early publishing career

In 1896 he bought a printing house, co-founded by Mazurska Partia Ludowa. His print shop's main press release was "Gazeta Ludowa"[1] ("People's Gazette") with a circulation of 2,000 copies, where he was the editor. As newspapers had political implications, Bahrke was threatened with the punishment of imprisonment and in 1898 he left and immigrated permanently to the United States.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Blanke, Richard. Polish-speaking Germans?: Language and National Identity Among the Masurians Since 1871. 15 July 2012. 2001. Böhlau Verlag Köln Weimar. 978-3-412-12000-9. 67.