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The Wartburg Festival of 1817: German Students Demand Unity
In 1817, some 500 German students gathered at Wartburg Castle to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the Reformation and the fourth anniversary of the Battle of Leipzig. What began as a patriotic festival quickly turned into a political protest against the conservative order of the German Confederation. Lucas and Luna explore the Burschenschaften movement, the demands for a unified German nation, the burning of reactionary books, and the crackdown that followed with the Carlsbad Decrees. They discuss key figures like Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, Heinrich von Gagern, and the turning point that the…
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