Karl Blind

Karl Blind

Karl Blind (born September 4, 1826 in Mannheim ; † May 31, 1907 in London ) was a German revolutionary and journalist .

Life

Karl Blind's democratic convictions arose during his studies at the universities of Bonn and Heidelberg . Inspired by the French Revolution , he saw a complete change in the political situation, the result of which was to be a united and democratic Germany, as necessary. He joined the Old Heidelberg Burschenschaft Allemannia in 1844, the Neckarbund Heidelberg Burschenschaft in 1845 and the Bonn General Burschenschaft in 1846 .

The results of the work of the Frankfurt pre-parliament during the revolution of 1848 did not seem to him sufficient in this respect; For this reason he joined Friedrich Hecker , then Gustav Struve, in the Baden Revolution in the spring of 1848 . He was captured during the Struve Putsch , sentenced to eight years in a fortress and imprisoned in Rastatt fortress . However, his imprisonment ended the following year, when the Rastatt occupation mutinied on May 11, 1849 and released the political prisoners with whom the insurgent soldiers sympathized.

The revolutionary state committee, which had taken over government power in Baden after Grand Duke Leopold had fled , sent Blind to Paris , where it was supposed to obtain the support of President Louis Napoléon for the revolution in Baden. However, on June 13, 1849, he was accused of conspiring with Alexandre Ledru-Rollin against Louis Napoléon, which led to his expulsion from France.

After his expulsion from France and the failure of the revolution in Baden, Blind initially stayed with his family in Belgium before settling in London in 1852. He continued to campaign for his democratic and republican ideals with writings and was in contact with numerous like-minded people across Europe, including Giuseppe Mazzini , Giuseppe Garibaldi , Lajos Kossuth and Louis Blanc . He commented on conflicts and freedom movements, for example supporting the cause of the northern states in the American Civil War and that of the Poles in the January uprising against Russia in 1863.

During his time in London, Karl Blind was extremely active as a writer in various fields; he has written books on politics , history , mythology , German and Indian literature and biographies . In addition, he worked as a correspondent for several German newspapers . 1907 died blind in his home in Hampstead to heart failure .

Karl Blind was the stepfather of Ferdinand Cohen-Blind , who carried out an unsuccessful assassination attempt on Otto von Bismarck in 1866 , and of Mathilde Blind , who made a name for herself as a poet in England. Karl Blind's brother Valentin was also a fraternity member and was also involved in the March Revolution of 1848/1849.

Honors

In 1948, a street in the Mannheim district of Almenhof was named after Karl Blind.

Works

• Commemorative sheet in memory of Robert Blum . o. O. 1849
• Schiller . A scetch of his career and works . Fidelio Hollinger, London 1859
• About state and nationality . Leipzig and London, 1859
• Commemorative sheet in memory of Robert Blum and other martyrs of the German Volkssache, dedicated to the men of the executed like-minded people . London 1860
• The Flemish language movement in Belgium . London 1860
• Four points (Dedicated to the new House of Representatives .). (London) (1860) Digitized
• Russia's Rulership Plans and Caucasian Wars . London 1860
• Russian Serfdom and Modern Russian Development . London 1860
• The proposal of the 'first division' of Germany. A missive . London 1860
• 'They shall remain together'; an outline of the state of things in Schleswig-Holstein . Trübner & Co., London 1861 digitized
• Germany and Hungary. Against Kossuth's plan for a Danube Confederation . Trübner & Co., London 1862 (leaflets of the association 'German Unity and Freedom' in England 6)
• Denmark and the German People's Party . London 1862 (leaflets of the association 'German Unity and Freedom' in England 11) Digitized
• Reply to a Czech. A contribution to nationality issues . Hasskerl, London and Hamburg 1861 digitized
• They are to remain together forever and undivided. A brief description of the conditions in Schleswig-Holstein . Haßkerl, Hamburg 1861 (leaflets of the association 'German Unity and Freedom' in England No. 2)
• Germany and the Schleswig Holstein Question. Letter to Mr. M. Adam at Glasgow . London 1862 digitized
• The German Confederate . Edited with the participation of Karl Blind, Ludwig Feuerbach , Ferdinand Freiligrath a. a. for the “Association of German Freedom and Unity” London and Hamburg 1865–1867 (Reprint Auvermann, Glasshütten 1973) 1865 digitized
• Schleswig-Holstein, Poland and Italy: A letter from Karl Blind to messrs John McAdam and Robert McTear . Trübner & Co., London 1864 (Pamphlets of the "Society German Union and Freedom in England" No. 20)
• A Defense of the German cause containing letters adressed to Mr. M 'Tear of Glasgow, and to the North British Daily Mail . Glasgow 1870
• Karl Blind; Ferdinand Freiligrath ; Eduard Bronner: Au peuple français et à son Assemblée nationale . Londres 1871
• On the history of the Republican party in England . Stilke, Berlin 1873
• Fire-burial among our Germanic forefathers. A record of the poetry and history of Teutonic cremation. Reprinted (by permission) from Fraser's Magazine, with some additions . London 1875
• The life and lays of Ferdinand Freiligrath . Spottiswoode, London 1876 (From: Fraser's magazine)
• Gaps in Garibaldi's memorabilia . Verlag von L. Ehlemann, Dresden 1888 (special reprint from: Magazin für die Litteratur des Domes und Auslands )
• A Frenchman about Russia three hundred years ago . Berlin 1893 (German Review)
• Old memories of Alsace . Berlin 1902 ( Berliner Tageblatt No. 40)
• The Baden-Palatinate legation in Paris in 1849. Memories from the Sturm und Drang period . o. O. (1902)

literature

• Legal proceedings against Gustav Struve u. Karl Blind from the jury in Freiburg im Breisgau. Started March 20th . Franz Xaver Wangler'sche Buchdruckerei, Freiburg im Breisgau 1849 digitized
• Karl Marx: Mr. Vogt . Petsch, London 1860 digitized
• Carl Gerke: An answer to Herr Karl Blind's attacks on the Emperor of Germany and Prince Bismarck, which appeared in 'The Nineteenth Century' . Hamilton, Adams & Co, London 1882
• Obituary in The Times , London. Edition of June 1, 1907, p. 14.
• Otto Wilterberger: In memory of a much- checked old man from forty-eight. Karl Blind, 1826 to 1907 . Strasbourg 1907
• Gustav Mayer : Letters of Karl Marx to Karl Blind . In: International Review for Social History . Vol. 4, January 1938, pp. 153-160
• Friedrich Lautenschlager:  Blind, Karl. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1955, ISBN 3-428-00183-4 , p. 304 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Franz Josef Strobel: Karl Blind (1826-1907). Publicist and Revolutionary . In: In: Badische Heimat. My home country; Journal for regional and folklore, nature, environmental and monument protection . Freiburg, Br. 1969. Vol. 49, 2, pp. 142-144 ISSN  0930-7001
• Gerhard Moehring: Excerpts from the indictment against Gustav Struve and Karl Blind . In: The Markgräflerland. Contributions to its history and culture . Schopfheim 1973, p. 159 ff.
• Julius H. Schoeps : In the fight for the German republic. Karl Blind and the revolution in Baden 1848-49 . In: Revolution and Democracy in History and Literature. For the 60th birthday of Walter Grab ed. by Julius H. Schoeps. Braun, Duisburg 1979 ISBN 3-87096-149-X , pp. 259-276
• Helmut Hirsch , Hans Pelger: An unpublished letter from Karl Marx to Sophie von Hatzfeldt. About the argument with Karl Blind after Ferdinand Lassalle's death . Trier 1983 ( writings from the Karl-Marx-Haus 27)
• Mathias Reimann: The high treason trial against Gustav Struve and Karl Blind: the first jury trial in Baden . Thorbecke, Sigmaringen 1985 ISBN 3-7995-6027-0
• Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I Politicians, Part 1: A – E. Heidelberg 1996, pp. 101-102.
• Johannes M. Goldschmit: "In our otherwise quiet city ...". Revolution 1848/49 in Bruchsal . regional culture publisher: Ubstadt-Weiher, 1998. ISBN 3-929366-83-5
• Rudolf Muhs: Karl Blind. A talent in making things important . In: The Forty-Eight. Pictures of life from the German Revolution 1848/49 ed. by Sabine Freitag . Beck, Munich 1998 ISBN 3-406-42770-7 , pp. 81-98.
• Heinrich Raab: Revolutionaries in Baden 1848/49. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1998 ISBN 3-17-015373-0 , p. 94f.
• Babette Tondorf: Criminal defense in the early phase of the reformed criminal process: the high treason proceedings against the Baden insurgents Gustav Struve and Karl Blind (1848/49). BWV, Berliner Wiss.-Verlag, Berlin 2006 (Legal contemporary history. Dept. 7, contributions to the history of lawyers, Vol. 1) ISBN 3-8305-1129-9 (Diss. Fernuniversität Hagen)

Web links

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Individual evidence

1. ^ Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I Politicians, Part 1: AE. Heidelberg 1996, p. 101.
2. ↑ MARCHIVUM: street names, Karl-blind road. Retrieved August 27, 2018 .