Rathenau

American  

[raht-n-ou] / ˈrɑt nˌaʊ /

noun

1. Walther 1867–1922, German industrialist, writer, and statesman.

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Rathenau British  

/ ˈraːtənau /

noun

1. Walther (ˈvaltər). 1867–1922, German industrialist and statesman: he organized the German war industries during World War I, became minister of reconstruction (1921) and of foreign affairs (1922), and was largely responsible for the treaty of Rapallo with Russia. His assassination by right-wing extremists caused a furore

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Rathenau

Walther Rathenau, the German foreign minister who was assassinated in 1922.

From New York Times ● Dec. 31, 2014

Rathenau was Jewish and had just signed the Rapallo treaty with communist Russia.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 21, 2013

There have been other felicitous confluences of money, corporate ambition and design talent in history, but few have proved as enduring as the one forged by Mr. Behrens, Mr. Rathenau, and the AEG.

From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2010

Their stories bookend impressionistic tales of famous residents — Frederick the Great, Walther Rathenau, Käthe Kollwitz, Marlene Dietrich — and of others so anonymous that MacLean had to invent them.

From Washington Post

IN Berlin, on December 11, 1908, with notable eclat, the seventieth birthday was celebrated of Emil Rathenau, the founder of the great Allgemein Elektricitaets Gesellschaft.

From Edison, His Life and Inventions by Dyer, Frank Lewis