Karl Ludwig Sand
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Karl Ludwig Sand was a German university student and member of a liberal Burschenschaft. He was executed in 1820 for the murder of the conservative dramatist August von Kotzebue the previous year in M
Students marching towards the Wartburg, of which Sand was one.
Illustration of Sand's attack on Kotzebue.
His grave in Mannheim
August von Kotzebue
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August Friedrich Ferdinand von Kotzebue was a German playwright, who had also worked as a Russian diplomat.
Karl Ludwig Sand
…university student and member of a liberal Burschenschaft (student association). He was executed in 1820 for the murder of the conservative dramatist August von Kotzebue the previous year in Mannheim. As a result of his execution, Sand became a martyr in the eyes of many German nationalists seeking the creation of a…
Signatur August von Kotzebue
Announcement of two pieces by August von Kotzebue performed at the theater of Bruges on 8 August 1813
Portrait of Kotzebue in Weimar