Call for Papers

Sep 12, 2020

“The Legacy of 1848: Trailblazers of Democracy, An International Conference on the Forty-Eighters in the USA” March 30 – April 2, 2017 Northfield, Minnesota The German and European rebels and freedom fighters that immigrated to the USA as a result of the 1848 Revolution will be the focus of a trans-Atlantic conference. “The Legacy of 1848” (Das Vermächtnis von 1848) will be held in Northfield, Minnesota (50 miles/80 km south of Minneapolis) from March 30 to April 2, 2017. According to conference organizers, historians Dr. Joachim (Yogi) Reppmann of Northfield and Dr. Don Heinrich Tolzmann of Cincinnati, Ohio, the "Forty Eighters" may not have been successful revolutionaries in Europe, but they were “likely the most remarkable immigrants that ever arrived in America.” The Forty-Eighters were action-oriented individuals whose democratic ideals led them to oppose the political status quo of their time. Many immigrated to America and built successful lives for themselves and their families. Some became politically active and then supported the Union cause in the Civil War (1861 - 1865). Carl Schurz, for example, became a U.S. Senator, a general in the Union Army, Minister to Spain and Secretary of the Interior. But today few are aware of the contribution they made to America. In addition to immigration history, the program in Northfield will feature family history topics as well. Please submit papers or proposals by October 6, 2016 to: Dr. Don Heinrich Tolzmann, Cincinnati: dhtolzmann@yahoo.com; - www.donheinrichtolzmann.net/, or to: Dr. Joachim Reppmann, yogireppmann@gmail.com; - www.moin-moin.us 103 Orchard St N., Northfield, MN, 55057