Dr. Wilhelm Schulz – a fighter for democracy during the restauration period in the early 19th century

Dr. Wilhelm Schulz was a political publicist, who spent over forty years fighting for democracy, popular sovereignty, human dignity and progress in Germany during the restauration period of the early 19^th century. 


He was imprisoned in 1834 in the military prison of the castle in Babenhausen because of his “demagogic” writings. He was able to escape in a spectacular way from prison with the help of his wife. They were writing love letters to each other and hid their plans using invisible ink. His wife brought him a table with a hidden saw in the foot of the table. Thanks to this saw he was able to cut open the bars and climb down with a rope. They fled to Strassbourg first and after to Zurich. There he died in 1860.