In the autumn of 1843, Heinrich Heine travels from Paris to Hamburg. Dissatisfied with the political conditions in his homeland and his personal situation as a German and a Jew, he writes an indictment against censorship, militarism, and restoration, which is published in 1844 by Hoffmann & Campe. Already in the same year, "Germany. A Winter's Tale" is banned and confiscated in Prussia - but the waves stirred up were even greater. Thomas Rosenlöcher notes in his highly praised afterword that Heine's "Winter's Tale" still holds significance today, stating: "Heine's poem knows more than Heine could have imagined.".