Caption
Walther Rathenau, portrait by an unknown photographer from 1913, Germany Walther Rathenau (29 September 1867, Berlin - 24 June 1922, Berlin) was a German politician of the DDP party, writer and important industrialist of Jewish descent. A quote from Walther Rathenau describes very well the anti-Semitic mood and reality that was also omnipresent in the German Empire and influenced the lives of Jewish fellow citizens: 'In the youthful years of every German Jew there is a painful moment that he remembers for the rest of his life: when he realises for the first time that he has entered the world as a second-class citizen and that no amount of ability or merit can free him from this position. Yet despite all his disadvantages, Walther Rathenau was a very successful man. Business was the area in which he had the greatest possible opportunities for development. He developed pioneering electrochemical processes and was the founder of the M
Date
Feb 22, 1913
Credit line
Photo12/ImageBROKER/Heinz Krimmer
Reference
BRK26H33_376
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No
Property release
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56.6Mb (18.9Mb) / 12.6in x 17.4in / 3793 x 5213 (300dpi)