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The Austrian author and politician Joseph Freiherr von Sonnenfels was born 1732/1733 in Nikolsburg (Mikulov, Moravia). As an enlightened professor for political science, he was among the leaders of the Illuminati movement in Austria, and a close friend and patron of Mozart. Sonnenfels died on April 25, 1817 in Vienna.

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Josef von Sonnenfels, Leo Baeck Institute, F 3143.