Paul Göhre

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Paul Göhre

1864–1928

A pastor who stepped into factories to understand workers' lives from the inside, he became a rare voice linking religion, social reform, and politics in Imperial Germany. His writing grew out of lived experience and helped bring the realities of industrial labor to a wider public.

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Drei Monate Fabrikarbeiter und Handwerksbursche

by Paul Göhre

About the author

Paul Göhre was a German Protestant theologian, social reformer, and politician. Born in 1864 and dying in 1928, he is remembered especially for investigating the lives of industrial workers at close range rather than writing about them from a distance.

As a young pastor and writer, he became known for immersing himself in factory life so he could better understand working-class conditions. That firsthand approach shaped his social criticism and made his work stand out in debates about religion, labor, and poverty in Germany.

Göhre later entered public life as a politician associated with the Social Democratic movement. His career connects faith, sociology, and practical reform, which makes him an interesting figure for readers drawn to books about social questions, political change, and the human side of modern industrial society.