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Prussia's Iron Cross: From Battlefield to National Symbol
How did a simple iron medal become Germany's most recognizable emblem? In this episode of The History of Germany: Kingdoms, War, and Rebuilding Europe, Lucas and Luna examine the Iron Cross—from its creation in 1813 by King Frederick William III during the Napoleonic Wars, through its revival under Bismarck and the German Empire, to its controversial reuse by Hitler and the Nazi regime. They explore the cross's design origins, the role of architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel, the symbolic weight of its 1939 swastika addition, and its postwar legacy in the Federal Republic's…
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