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Karl Ludwig Sand

German murderer

Died when: 24 years 228 days (295 months)
Star Sign: Libra

 

Karl Ludwig Sand

Karl Ludwig Sand (Wunsiedel, Upper Franconia (then in Prussia), 5 October 1795 – Mannheim, 20 May 1820) was a German university student and member of a liberal Burschenschaft (student association).

He was executed in 1820 for the murder of the conservative dramatist August von Kotzebue the previous year in Mannheim.As a result of his execution, Sand became a martyr in the eyes of many German nationalists seeking the creation of a united German national state.

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