The hoax Captain of K?penick
The Burgomaster's plight: the ludicrous incident at Koepenick when Burgomaster Langerhaus was turned out of his own town hall and sent to headquarters in Berlin by horse-cab, on the instructions of a bogus German captain, Wilhelm Voigt, an imposter who had impersonated an officer and temporarily commanded several German soldiers
Picture No
13990781
Media ID
45425278
Size
5200px x 3546px
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Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Illustration by E Abbo, in the Illustrated London News, 27th October 1906
Date
1906
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