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365 days of German history
Every day is historic! Do you want to know which key events took place in history on your date of birth? Or are you preparing for the next school presentation or Trivial Pursuit evening? The historical calendar from the Deutschlandmuseum shows you what happened in German history on each day of the year: major events, historical anniversaries, significant inventions, important birthdays and much more.
A travesty of justice
Jan
9
1738
Today
A travesty of justice
Duke Karl Alexander von Württemberg largely left financial and economic policy in his realm to the Jewish banker Joseph Süß Oppenheimer. As his prince was always in need of money, Oppenheimer was forced to raise revenue any way he could. [...]
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