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The Hambach Festival: Germany's Failed Revolution of 1832
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the Hambach Festival of 1832, a massive political rally that marked the peak of the Vormärz liberal movement. Nearly 30,000 people gathered at Hambach Castle in the Palatinate to demand national unity, freedom of the press, and a democratic German republic. The festival featured speakers like Philipp Jakob Siebenpfeiffer, Johann Georg August Wirth, and the poet Ludwig Börne, who waved the black-red-gold tricolor that later became Germany's flag. The festival ended in a crackdown by the Deutscher Bund, leading to the Federal Execution against the…
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