At a time when one so often hears a wholesale dismissal of Marxist ideas, the launching of this ambitious enterprise represents a bold challenge. Like the decision to continue with the publication of the MEGA, it is founded on a recognition that the ideas of Marx and Engels – “warts and all”, if you will – represent a precious part of our intellectual heritage. The two projects complement each other. The material appearing in the MEGA volumes is an important source drawn and referred to in the HKWM. The latter, with its strong conceptual, historical and philological characteristics, offers a quarry of knowledge and references of unique value to all making use of the MEGA for their researches.

Monty Johnstone, London, in MEGA-Studien 1995