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The Hambach Festival: Germany's 1832 Cry for Freedom
In May 1832, more than 30,000 people gathered at Hambach Castle in the Palatinate to demand national unity, civil liberties, and a free press. This episode tells the story of the Hambach Festival — Germany's first mass political demonstration. We meet the key organizers: Johann Philipp Abresch, Philipp Jakob Siebenpfeiffer, and Johann Georg August Wirth, whose fiery speeches and liberal ideals inspired a crowd waving black, red, and gold flags. We trace the festival's roots in the French Revolution and the repressive Carlsbad Decrees, and its aftermath: the Federal Convention's…
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