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“Gebet einer Mutter deren Sohn in Militär⸗Diensten steht” was written by Max Emanuel Stern and published in Die fromme Zionstochter (1841), pp. 159-161. In its 1846 printing, the prayer is found on pp. 178-179. . . .
This is a prayer for those fallen in the battle of Kápolna, a decisive battle during the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, written by István Roboz (1826-1916). Translated into numerous languages, the prayer was widely misattributed to enlightened president of Hungary, Lajos Kossuth. Circulated in translation and attributed to Kossuth, the prayer helped to cement his popularity among Jews worldwide praying for liberty from despotic regimes inclined for various reasons towards Jew hatred. . . .