Georg Sauerwein

German publisher, polyglot, poet, and linguist. Born 1831 in Hanover – died 1904 in Christiania (now Oslo). As an acknowledged pacifist, Sauerwein was involved in opposition to what he perceived as the imperialism of German Empire Germany under the Kaiser. He was a supporter of the minority languages within the German Empire: Sorbian in Lusatia and Lithuanian in East Prussia.