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Modern History Sourcebook:
Carl Schurz: A Look Back at 1848, 1907

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One morning, toward the end of February 1848, I sat quietly in my attic chamber, working hard at my tragedy of Ulrich von Hutten, when suddenly a friend rushed breathlessly into the room, exclaiming: "What, you sitting here! Do you not know what has happened?"

"No; what?"

"The French have driven away Louis Philippe and proclaimed the Republic!"

I threw down my pen---ant that was the end of Ulrich von Hutten. I never touched the manuscript again. We tore down the stair, into the street, to the market square, the accustomed meeting place for all the student societies after their midday dinner. Although it was still forenoon, the market was already crowded with young men talking excitedly. There was no shouting, no noise, only agitated conversation. What did we want there? This probably no one knew. But since the French had driven away Louis Philippe and proclaimed the republic, something of course must happen here, too. Some of the students had brought their rapiers along, a

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Carl Schurz: A Biography 9780823295227

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A Biography by

HANS

L.

ThEFOUSSE

FORDHAM UNIVERSITY PRESS NEW YORK 1998

Copyright© 1998 by Fordham University Press All rights reserved l.C 97-44229 ISBN 0-8232-1854-6 (hardcover) ISBN 0-8232-1855-4 (paperback) ISSN 1089-8719 The North's Civil War, no. 5

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Trefousse, Hans Louis. Carl Schurz, a biography I by Hans L. Trefousse. p. em.- (The North's Civil War, ISSN 1089-8719; no. 5) Originally published: Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press. c 1982. Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 0-8232-1854-6 (hardcover). - ISBN 0-8232-1855-4 (paperback) 1. Schurz, Carl, 1829-1906. 2. Statesmen-United States-Biography. 3. United States. Congress. Senate-Biography. 4. Legislators-United States-Biography. 5. German Americans-Biography. I. Title. II. Series. E664.S39T7 1998 328.73'092-dc21 [B] 97-44229 CIP Frontispiece: Carl Schurz (Courtesy of Library of Congress)

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Experiencing History Holocaust Sources in Context

The Carl Schurz Society was created in Berlin after World War I to restore friendly German-American relations.¹ From its start in 1926,  the organization "introduced American visitors to a Germany of high culture, economic prosperity, and republican stability."² But with the Nazi rise to power in 1933, that mission changed. The organization was transformed into a propaganda agency meant to show the so-called "New Germany" to Americans.

The featured film documents a month-long trip through Germany in the summer of 1934 taken by professors, students, and administrators from 26 American universities.³ The film shows how German authorities presented Nazism as a national campaign of cultural and economic renewal. The film was made to be a souvenir for the trip's participants as well as a recruiting tool for American students eager to have a study abroad experience. The American group was treated to receptions hosted by dignitaries, academics, and politicians. Their hosts projected a vibr