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Julius Curtius

German statesman
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Julius Curtius (born Feb. 7, 1877, Duisburg, Ger.β€”died Nov. 10, 1948, Heidelberg) was a German statesman and the foreign minister of the Weimar Republic (1929–31). Following the completion of his legal studies at Berlin, Curtius became a lawyer at Duisburg in 1905 but moved to Heidelberg in 1911. After distinguishing himself in World War I, he served until 1921 as city councillor at Heidelberg, at the same time continuing his law practice, especially as an...

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