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Matthias Erzberger (20 September 1875 – 26 August 1921) was a politician of the Catholic Centre Party, member of the Reichstag and minister of finance of Germany from 1919 to 1920. Erzberger was first elected to the Reichstag of the German Empire in 1903.
Matthias Erzberger (born Sept. 20, 1875, Buttenhausen, Württemberg, Ger.—died Aug. 26, 1921, Black Forest, Baden) was a leader of the left wing of the Roman Catholic Centre Party in Germany and signatory of the Armistice of World War I.
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Nov 8, 2022 · Learn about the real Matthias Erzberger, a German politician who negotiated Germany's surrender in World War I and was assassinated by nationalists. Find out how he is portrayed in the Netflix adaptation of All Quiet on the Western Front and why he matters for the story.
Oct 30, 2018 · Now the country was being humiliated by vindictive victors, leading to resentment of those who had signed the Armistice agreement and the subsequent peace agreement at Versailles. Most prominently among them was the Catholic Centre Party politician Matthias Erzberger.
After eight years in different functions within the Württemberg Catholicism, Matthias Erzberger (1875-1921) was elected to the German Reichstag in 1903. He subsequently became one of the most important politicians of the Centre Party’s left wing.
May 14, 2018 · A biography of the German statesman who sponsored the Reichstag Peace Resolution and signed the armistice agreement in 1918. Learn about his career, his financial reform, and his assassination by ultranationalists.
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A brief biography of Matthias Erzberger, a German politician who supported peace negotiations and fiscal reform in the Weimar Republic. He was assassinated by right-wing extremists in 1921.
