Picture No | 10694201 |
Date | 1906 |
Description | The hoax Captain of K?penick |
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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.
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Source | Illustration by E Abbo, in the Illustrated London News, 27th October 1906 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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