German Unification Documents

  • Speech to the Frankfurt Assembly

    Johann Gustav Droysen spoke about Prussia and Austria joing Germany.
  • Friedrich wilhelm IV Proclamation of 1849

    This was in part to his view that all states must agree to the assembly's desicion to crown him, and the assembly wishes for him to accept a constitution that is not in favor for all german states.
  • Otto von Bismark's Letter to Minister von Manteuffel

    Bismark warns that Germany will not survive if Austria still exists.
  • Field Marshal Helmuth von Moltke

    Moltke said that the was was about the establishment of power more than anything.
  • Otto van Bismark

    Bismark says in this document that Austria should not be injured, as a nation, due to the bitterness that would follow after.
  • The Imperial Proclamation

    King Wilhelm accepted to protect the independence of Germany.