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July 20, 2022

The Murder of One of Weimar Germany’s Outstanding Jews Was a Harbinger of Things to Come

Walther Rathenau.

A full century ago, Germany’s first Jewish foreign minister, Walther Rathenau, was assassinated by a far-right anti-Semite. Rathenau, the son of one of Germany’s richest men, was also the author of important works on philosophy, the director of one of its largest corporations, an influential journalist, and the inspiration for the character of Paul Arnheim in Robert Musil’s novel The Man Without Qualities. David Herman surveys his life and legacy:

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