Bethmann-Hollweg
noun
Theobald von 1856–1921, German statesman: chancellor 1909–17.
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Bethmann Hollweg
Bethmann HollwegnounTheobald von (ˈteːobalt fɔn). 1856–1921, chancellor of Germany (1909–17)
Bethmann-Hollweg
American
[bayt-mahn-hawl-vayk]
/ ˈbeɪt mɑnˈhɔl veɪk /
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Bethmann Hollweg
British
/ ˈbeːtman ˈhɔlveːk /
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For a time, he was personal secretary to Chancellor Bethmann-Hollweg.
From Time Magazine Archive
Only twice before, to Chancellors Bismarck and Bethmann-Hollweg, has such military honor come to any German holding a civilian office.
From Time Magazine Archive
Throughout the War he was one of the Kaiser's most devoted followers, defending indiscriminate submarine warfare against the attacks of Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg.
From Time Magazine Archive
In 1916 he became Secretary of the Interior and Vice Chancellor under Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg.
From Time Magazine Archive
And now the silver-tongued von Bethmann-Hollweg has also discovered the political virtue of silence.
From German Problems and Personalities by Charles Saroléa
Yet when Bethmann Hollweg produced his highly expansionist war-aims memorandum in September 1914, the Kaiser wanted to go even further.
From Economist ● Oct. 23, 2014
The fine-tuning of the crisis was left to the civilian chancellor Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg, whose primary aim was to subvert diplomatic intervention in order to begin the war under the most favourable conditions possible.
From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2014
My criticism of Herr von Bethmann Hollweg is in no case founded on any doubt at all as to his veracity.
From Before the War by Richard Burdon Haldane, Viscount Haldane
The second was the possibility that Tirpitz might be made Chancellor of the Empire in place of Bethmann Hollweg.
From Before the War by Richard Burdon Haldane, Viscount Haldane
Now that Bethmann Hollweg had anticipated him, it was evident that any proposal which the President might make would be regarded as a sort of second to the German motion.
From Woodrow Wilson's Administration and Achievements by Frank B. Lord
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