This Day in Jewish History 1922: Murder of Jewish Minister Shocks Germany

Foreign secretary Walter Rathenau had caused many a controversy, but rejected police protection, despite the hate writing on the wall.

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On June 24, 1922, Walter Rathenau, the foreign secretary of Germany’s Weimar Republic, and one of the country’s most influential businessmen, was assassinated, while being driven to the office from his...
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