Mathias Erzberger26 August 1920
Assassinated by rightist extremists, a symbol of "defeatism"
Germany · Government / Weimar Republic. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Assassinated by rightist extremists, a symbol of "defeatism"
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