Ludwig von Milewski

This followed Frederick William IV of Prussia's rejection of the limited imperial dignity under the Frankfurt Constitution offered to him by the Emperor's Deputation [de] via a German Empire.

Milewski, like some other academy students, was involved in the Düsseldorf Volksklub,[4] a local association of supporters of the ideas of republicanism and socialism under the leadership of Julius Wulff, who had close relations with the Kölner Arbeiterverein [de].

[5] During the Imperial Constitution campaign, Milewski was a leader of uprisings that took action against the Prussian authorities in Düsseldorf by street fighting and attempting to occupy official buildings.

On 9 May 1849, the Gerresheim doctor Peter Joseph Neunzig [de] called for armed struggle from the window of Lorenz Cantador's residence on Düsseldorf's Marktplatz.

This painting shows a variety of objects intended to symbolise Milewski's life and the political context of his death, such as the Statut der Bürger-Garde zu Düsseldorf, a Hambacher Fest with Schwarz-Rot-Golden cockade and a Kuchenreuter [de] handgun.

[14] Furthermore, the district council decided to ask the administration to erect a memorial for all victims of the civil uprising of 1848/1849 at the northern end of the Golzheim cemetery.