2011.032

Hoboken Cemetery Association

Gift

Gift of Hoboken Cemetery Association

1872

Fair

Notes: Objects 2011.032.0001 Excerpt from page 332: Refugees of Revolution: the German Forty-Eighters in America. By Carl Frederick Wittke. Greenwood Press, 1952. Dr. AW Rittler, who was accused of harboring refugees from Dresden in his home in Altenburg, established his medical practice in New York and Hoboken. -------------- Excerpts pp. 209-210 from Memoirs of Gustave Koerner, 1809-1896, life-sketches written at the suggestion of his children; (Volume 01). http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/gustav-philipp-krner/memoirs-of-gustave-koerner-1809-1896-life-sketches-written-at-the-suggestion-o-hci/page-18-memoirs-of-gustave-koerner-1809-1896-life-sketches-written-at-the-suggestion-o-hci.shtml [partial excerpt pg 209 re events in 1848] On the fifth of March I left Leipsic [Leipzig] for Altenburg. There I was at once amongst a large circle of Jena friends. Wilhelm Weber was at home, but expected to resume his duties at Leipsic at the commencement of the summer session. The 210 MEMOIRS OF GUSTAVE KOERNER Liberal party of Altenburg was very strong. There was in the city a large Press-Union and similar unions existed in the country. One of the principal leaders was Dr. Rittler, highly esteemed as a citizen and as a physician. He also became an exile and came over to New York, where he soon acquired a high standing. I found him very determined, as much so as William Weber. He had connections with Liberals in Leipsic, Dresden and other points in the Kingdom of Saxony and seemed to be satisfied that on a general rising the people in Saxony and the Saxon dukedoms would not be wanting. We talked much of our dear friend Koehler, who had gone as a physician to Poland, had been taken prisoner, but having been released, died at Kalisch of typhoid fever, in the arms of Gustav Bunsen, who had also gone to Poland. I spent several days at Altenburg in a highly interesting manner. I left my warm friends with much regret. My next stopping place was dear old Jena. I arrived at midnight in a heavy snowstorm, and took lodgings at the "Sun," on the south side of the market place. [end excerpt] Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2011-06-08