2-715-199 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Professor Steffens rouses his audience to fight for freedom, 8 February 1813, (1936). 'Professor Steffens Begeistert Seine Zuhörer Für Den Freiheitskrieg, 8 Februar 1813'. Physics professor Henrik Steffens (1773-1845) was a Norwegian-born Danish philosopher, scientist, and poet who lectured in Germany. Steffens enlisted in the Prussian Army as a second lieutenant during the Battle of Leipzig (1813). From "Bilder Deutscher Geschichte", (Pictures of German History), No.12, cigarette card album. [Cigaretten-Bilderdienst, Altona-Bahrenfeld, Hamburg, Germany, 1936]