Am Mon, 30 Apr 2007 00:32:52 -0400 schrieb Allan Adler:
> I'm reading Priscilla Roberts' book, "Revolutions of 1848. A social
history".
> After the King ordered the soldiers to withdraw, leaving the palace
exposed,
> "Berliners decided to have a parade of their fallen heroes". The bodies
were
> collected and then the people demanded that the King come out and see
the
> dead. "... the King appeared, and the Queen too, clinging to his arm. As
> the corpses were brought closer the King was forced to take off his hat,
> while the Queen fainted."
>
> So far so good. My question is about the next line (p.122): "The crowd
burst
> into a dignified chorale...". What chorale did the crowd sing?
"Jesus meine Zuversicht"?
<http://www.zeitenblicke.de/2004/01/hachtmann/index.html>,
<http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedhof_der_M%C3%A4rzgefallenen#Vorbereitungen_und_Begr.C3.A4bnis_1848>,
Joachim
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