and the threat of possible execution. In May 1853, Georg and Emma Herwegh resumed their cohabitation, settling together in Zürich, where Emma again became a "salonnière", and hostess to some of Europe's most high-profile radical intellectuals. An alternative or complementary view is that the Herweghs' Zürich home became a sanctuary for political refugees from all over Europe. Her family resumed financial support, and she also earned money by undertaking translations of works by French, Polish or Italian authors into German. The couple remained in Zürich till 1866 when, following a general political amnesty, they moved to Baden-Baden. not too far from where Georg had grown up. Around the same time the couple's financial situation took a turn for the worse: Emma's inheritance seems finally to have been exhausted, and one reason given for leaving Zürich was the need to get away from people to whom they owed money. They stayed in Baden-Baden till 1875, when Georg Herwegh died from Pneumonia. It was important to the couple that his body should be buried "in republican earth" and it was accordingly returned to the Canton of Basel for burial in the cemetery at Liestal. Paris Emma Herwegh now returned to Paris where she supported herself as a languages tutor and translator. There are indications that she also received some financial support from friends. Although she lived in relative poverty, she was able to move in "intellectual circles". It was in Paris that she died, in March 1904. Her body was buried at Liestal "in free republican earth", beside that of her husband. References Writers from Magdeburg People of the Revolutions of 1848 German feminists German salon-holders German letter writers Women letter writers 1817 births 1904 deaths 19th-century German women writers