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  1. academic.oup.com › histres › articleUseful idiots: the Hohenzollerns and Hitler - Oxford Academic

    Aug 18, 2020 · Although historians are not lawyers, this question is central to the restitution case brought by Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia after German reunification. Thirty years later, the case remains unresolved and it recently triggered a public debate following new revelations.

    • Karina Urbach
    • 2020

  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Former_German_nobility_inFormer German nobility in the Nazi Party - Wikipedia

    [full citation needed] Friedrich Christian was a speaker for the Nazi Party in 1929, and worked vigorously to gain the support of other noble families behind Hitler. [72] [76] [ full citation needed ] He worked closely with Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels.

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  4. www.smithsonianmag.com › history › baron-von-steubenThe Prussian Nobleman Who Helped Save the American Revolution

    And a stranger—former Prussian army officer Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben—was on the scene to restore morale, introduce discipline and whip the tattered soldiers into fighting...

  5. www.britannica.com › biography › Baron-von-SteubenBaron von Steuben | Biography & Facts | Britannica

    Apr 9, 2024 · Baron von Steuben (born September 17, 1730, Magdeburg, Prussia [Germany]—died November 28, 1794, near Remsen, New York, U.S.) was a German officer who served the cause of U.S. independence by converting the revolutionary army into a disciplined fighting force.

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  6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Friedrich_Wilhelm_von_SteubenFriedrich Wilhelm von Steuben - Wikipedia

    Friedrich Wilhelm August Heinrich Ferdinand von Steuben (born Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin Louis von Steuben; September 17, 1730 – November 28, 1794), also referred to as Baron von Steuben (German: [fɔn ˈʃtɔʏbm̩]), was a Prussian military officer who played a leading role in the American Revolutionary War by reforming the Continental Army into a disciplined and ...

    • 1744–1762, 1778–1783

  7. www.armyupress.army.mil › September › 01-18-SteubenFriedrich Von Steuben A Closer Look At The ‘Father’ Of The ...

    Sep 1, 2015 · Steuben stomped out of Paris with news that an officer’s commission awaited him at the Margrave of Baden in Karlsruhe. But what Steuben found waiting for him were allegations that he engaged in...

  8. www.thoughtco.com › baron-friedrich-von-steubenAmerican Revolution: Baron Friedrich von Steuben - ThoughtCo

    Mar 17, 2018 · Friedrich Wilhelm August Heinrich Ferdinand von Steuben was born September 17, 1730, at Magdeburg. The son of Lieutenant Wilhelm von Steuben, a military engineer, and Elizabeth von Jagvodin, he spent some of his early years in Russia after his father was assigned to assist Czarina Anna. During this period he spent time in the Crimea as well as ...