Walther Rathenau

Herausgegeben:Surhone, Lambert M.; Timpledon, Miriam T.; Marseken, Susan F.

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Walther Rathenau (September 29, 1867 June 24, 1922) was a German industrialist, politician, writer, and statesman who served as Foreign Minister of Germany during the Weimar Republic. A strong German nationalist, Rathenau was a leading proponent of a policy of assimilation for German Jews: he argued that Jews should oppose both Zionism and socialism and fully integrate themselves into mainstream German society. This, he said, would lead to the eventual disappearance of anti-Semitism. As a powerful, affluent and highly visible German Jewish politician, Rathenau was hated by Germany''s extreme right, despite himself being a German nationalist, culminating in his 1922 assassination. During World War I Rathenau held senior posts in the Raw Materials Department of the War Ministry, while becoming chairman of AEG upon his father''s death in 1915. He played a leading role in putting Germany''s economy on a war footing, enabling wartime Germany to continue its war effort for years despite the serious shortages of labor and raw materials that were caused by an ever-tightening naval blockade.

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• Verlag: Betascript Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm
• ISBN-13: 9786130996758
• ISBN-10: 6130996756
• Artikelnr.: 29840061