Élie Halévy would later write on this situation : As a result , when Lassalle initiated the Allgemeiner Deutscher Arbeiterverein ( General German Workers ' Association , ADAV ) on 23 May 1863 , Marx 's devotees in Germany did not join it .
Lassalle founded the Allgemeiner Deutscher Arbeiterverein ( General German Workers ' Association , ADAV ) in 1863 .