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Which military governor employed Gotthold Ephraim Lessing as a secretary in Breslau?
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Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Gotthold Lessing, detail of an oil painting by Georg May, 1768; in the Gleimhaus, Halberstadt, Germany.
In 1760, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing moved to Breslau to serve as secretary to General Tauentzien, who was the military governor of Silesia.1