Friedrich Naumann: Quick Facts

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Born	March 25, 1860 • Prussia
Died	August 24, 1919 (aged 59) • Germany
Title / Office	Reichstag (1913-1918), Germany • Reichstag (1907-1912), Germany
Founder	German Democratic Party
Political Affiliation	German Democratic Party
Notable Works	“Mitteleuropa”

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Karl Haushofer

German officer and political geographer

Helmuth von Moltke, 1871

Helmuth von Moltke

German general [1800–1891]

Medieval manuscript miniature showing Frederick I as a crowned crusader holding an orb and scepter, with Henry of Schaftlarn kneeling and presenting a book to him.

Frederick I

Holy Roman emperor

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Ernst Moritz Arndt

German writer

Walther Rathenau

Walther Rathenau

German statesman

Treitschke, Heinrich von

Heinrich von Treitschke

German historian

Edward R. Murrow (left) and William L. Shirer.

William L. Shirer

American author

Becher, Johannes Robert

Johannes Robert Becher

German writer and government official

Gessler, detail from an oil painting after a photograph, 1916

Otto Gessler

German statesman

Joseph Maria von Radowitz.

Joseph Maria von Radowitz

Prussian diplomat

Harry von Arnim

Harry, count von Arnim

Prussian diplomat

“Father of gymnastics”

Friedrich Ludwig Jahn

German educator

Erich von Falkenhayn

Erich von Falkenhayn

German general

Frederick III, 1884

Frederick III

king of Prussia and emperor of Germany

Wolfgang Kapp

Wolfgang Kapp

Prussian politician

Ludwig von Gerlach, lithograph

Ludwig von Gerlach

Prussian politician and editor

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Albrecht, count von Bernstorff

Prussian statesman

Eduard Lasker, engraving, 1861

Eduard Lasker

Prussian politician

Philipp, Fürst zu Eulenburg

Philipp, prince of Eulenburg

German diplomat

Weddigen

Otto Weddigen

German naval officer