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Born September 29, 1867 • Berlin
Died June 24, 1922 (aged 54) • Berlin • Germany
Title / Office foreign minister (1922-1922), Germany
Founder German Democratic Party
Political Affiliation German Democratic Party
Role In Treaty of Rapallo • World War I

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Paul von Hindenburg
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German president
Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg
Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg
German statesman
Arthur Zimmermann
German statesman
Wilhelm Groener
Wilhelm Groener
German general and politician
Bertil Ohlin
Swedish economist
William II.
William II
emperor of Germany
Erich Ludendorff
Erich Ludendorff
German general
Karl Otto Koch
German Nazi commandant
Helmuth von Moltke
Helmuth von Moltke
German military commander [1848–1916]
Dietrich, Sepp
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Alfred von Schlieffen
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Kluck, 1914
Alexander von Kluck
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Georg Bruchmüller
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Reinhard Scheer
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Maximilian, Graf von Spee
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