Weird to think that Frederick Hecker, after the Revolutions of 1848-49 immigrated to Illinois as did many revolutionaries. During the Civil War, he formed a regiment under his command as Colonel. His regiments that he did command during his career were made up of Jews, Revolutionaries, Scandinavians, Hungarians, and Germans. Not to mention, he was a Radical Republican as well.
@@Omen550 When he says revolutionaries he's referring to the Europeans who participated in the revolutions of 1848 in Europe, it included a wide range of Europeans but a large part were German, these revolutionaries often settled in the US and participated in the American Civil War
During the Baden Revolution of 1848-1849, the Heckerlied is a revolutionary song. In order to seize Karlsruhe as the royal seat and overthrow the grand ducal authority, Friedrich Hecker attempted to rally the revolutionaries in Baden with the Hecker march, which began in Constance. Hecker, along with most of the combatants, had to flee to Switzerland after this revolt was put down by Hessian and Prussian forces on April 20, 1848, during the Battle of Scheideck. He permanently immigrated to the USA and never went back to Baden.
As one said, this song is a great example of the Baden's (Badenian?) humour and approach to life. Allegedly, the rest of Germany find this mindset quite weird
An example of the revolutionary fervor taking grip in Germany from what is known as the the Springtime of the Peoples or alternatively 'Die Vormärz-Epoche', showing the German people attempting to rid themselves from the blights of feudalism and try to achieve a unified national state with greater liberties which've been declared in the Paulskirchen constitution in Frankfurt. Conviently, the constitution was passed on my birthday! :D 🇩🇪🕊
I want to study that part of history so bad, I love the illustrations and marches, mixed with liberal and nationalist fervor. What would be the best books to learn more about this time period in germany?
Fascinating that the constitution was passed on the same date as your birthday! It's a shame what happened in 1848 but I think a lot of good came from it in the sense of the rise of German American culture, the rise of German influence internationally, and what would eventually lead to the rise of the German Empire which gave us a unified country with a constitution, a monarchy, and freedom from French and Austrian influence. In short, total independence. What the revolution combined with the birth of our country achieved was pretty amazing.
@@Finnishnat-conservativedot7126 I believe a quick Google search would give you a firm answer to which book would be ideal, but take from it me, I bought Mike Rapport's book on the Revolutions of 1848 and I'm more than satisfied with it!
@@Finnishnat-conservativedot7126 I believe a quick Google search will give you a plethora of valuable answers to that question, but take it from me, I bought Mike Rapports book on the Revolutions of 1848 and I'm so far more than satisfied with it!
Thank you for releasing this while I am on holiday in Germany right now. I am having an absolutely fantastic time, I must say the Brandenburg gate at night is beautiful though.
Ok guys, gotta give this song some love, so here comes the history behind it: The song is about the so called "Heckerzug" - Hecker marsh. Friedrich Hecker was a democrat, he lived in the 19th century. He was part of the baden Parlament, the first democratic parlament in the whole of germany. He also took part in the reforms of the paulskirche. He already saw their failure before it even happend. So he took matters to his own hands and traveled to Konstanz at the lake constance in 1848. Since he heard konstanz is the most liberal town of the liberal state Baden. He gathered a lot of listeners at the 12th of april 1848. He latered called out the free republic that evening. The next day he gathered with around 40 men and one cannon. The moved out and began their marsh in the direction of karlsruhe wich was the capitol of Baden. They wanted to overthrow the grand duke there. They moved through many villages and gathered some supporters. In the end on the 20th of april he had around 900 followers. On the 20th of april they faced the german union troops with Gagner as their leader. In a short shootout between rebels and union troops gagner fell togehter with around a doozen men from both sides. the republic rebel troops retreated- Their way to Karlsruhe was now blocked. On the 27th april the marsh formaly ended. With hecker moving to the US. Only coming back one year later to germany Rastatt to support the 2nd badisch revolution. he came 6 days too late after the badisch army capitulated. He returned to the US to his farm, he would never come back to germany. In the US civil war he would lead a volunteer regiment of south german people. many of the his former follower in the heckerzug. He would see the unification of germany, but never a german republic. he died in 1881 in Summerfield. He is a hero. A german hero, to many people dont know that germany has such heros, heros that wanted to safe us. And because of that: Ja er lebet noch! Er hängt an keinem baume er hängt an keinem Strick, sondern an dem Traume der freien Republik! PS: 33 years lasted the mess means that in 1848, 33 years passde since the vienna congress wich saw the restablishment of the monarchist rule over europe
“Er hängt an keinem Baum” is pretty interesting considering what Adam of Bremen said about the ancient Germanic tribes and their human sacrifices (and Teutoburger Wald)
not really. It is a very direct verse, simply conveying that Hecker has not been executed, as he managed to flee to switzerland, and later the USA, after his march on Baden's capital failed due to external interference in the shape of prussian and hessian troops. It, in combination with "hängt an keinem Strick" (roughly: "isn't hanging from a rope") is just saying that the revolution, though having suffered a setback, is not yet lost. Even if the revolution of 1848 failed to go anywhere in the end, this mindset is quite powerful, and this song is just as powerful.
@@schiefer1103 yeah obviously it has a more literal meaning and I don’t think the pagan connection was necessarily even intentional. Just a cool parallel.
@@epic.and.legendary Has there ever been a successful revolution? You know it's a true revolution when it's followed by a terror reign and a bunch of purges. And then there's a good chance people come crawling back for a dictator. I believe in reforms instead.
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Can upload more Indonesian music? "Berkibarlah Benderaku", "Bangun Pemudi Pemuda" and "Maju Tak Gentar" by addie ms and indonesia's twilite orchestra sounds really good sir
Es lebe die Freiheit! Nieder mit der Knechtschaft! Lasst uns an diejenigen Gedenken die 1848 für ein Freies, demokratisches und geeintes Deutschland gefallen sind!
Wir brauchen sowas wieder. Ein Aufruf an alle Deutsche die das hier lesen wir müssen aufstehen und kämpfen! Sodass Deutschland wieder groß und stark wird
ancient regime was extremely violent . for instance go see punishments for felonies against property. revollutionaries learned from all they saw during oppression, and, as said by marx , when proletariat learn the exercise of violence , they dont forget how to use it when that violence is addressed against dominat class
