Peter Hille

Its members studied the works of Karl Marx, Charles Darwin, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, August Bebel and others.

In 1874, Hille was expelled from the gymnasium for poor academic performance and then served as a clerk for the prosecutor in Höxter, and later worked as a proofreader in one of the Leipzig printing houses.

[2] Having received an inheritance, Hille financed the performances of a Dutch theatre troupe, which ruined him financially.

However, he did not abandon his literary activities and played an important role in the development of the naturalistic genre in Germany.

In Berlin, Hille received support from famous German naturalist writers of the Neue Gemeinschaft, with their financial help he opened a cabaret in 1902.