Armed with ideals from French utopian socialists, die Vierziger, or “the Fortyers,” sought to build a “communistic society” free of the hierarchies, political oppression, and economic #inequality in the #Texas hill country.

In the Postcard from our magazine, nostr:npub1dtj684nlkaer2wq9z6jw54paepez5yjk67q25a3e0sh8eltxm9xs8t4htu investigates what remains of their dreams: https://www.texasobserver.org/castell-hill-country-utopia-german/

(📸 #Photography by Christopher Lee)

#History #communism #utopia #Germany #HillCountry