Sonderheft 12 des Reihenwerkes "Kleine Reihe Geschichte der Befreiungskriege 1813-1815". The story of Eleonore Prochaska, drummer of the Lützowers: In the War of Liberation of 1813 against Napoleon I, the Potsdam girl fought in the ranks of the Lützowers disguised as a man and was fatally shot by a bullet during the battle at the Göhrde. Before she died, she is said to have revealed her secret to an officer.
The contents: Women as fighters in the War of Liberation 1813-1815; Eleonore Prochaska: Childhood - Youth - Young Woman (1785-1813); Potsdam in the French Occupation (1806-1808; After the Occupation (1809-1813); On the Way to the Lützower Freikorps (Summer 1813); As a Fighter August/September 1813; Wounding and Death of the Potsdam Freedom Fighter; Poetry and Music - the Beginning of Eleonore Prochaska's Veneration and Appreciation; Commemoration and Memory.
Group
Books (first-hand)
Author
Bauer, Frank
Title
Eleonore Prochaska. Potsdams Freiheitskämpferin von 1813
Details
Paperback, more than 100 mostly colour illustrations 96 pp.
