Rathenau

[raht-n-ou]

noun

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

Rathenau

/ 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

Example Sentences

When, two years after the assassination of German Foreign Minister Walther Rathenau, Roth was sent to visit the Rathenau museum, he eschewed the historical and the political and wrote instead of Rathenau’s books, pictures and — echt Roth — his former servant, “a fine, quiet and thoughtful man.”

From Washington Post

During the trial, prosecutors argued Lübcke's murder was the first far-right assassination since Walter Rathenau, the country's Jewish foreign minister, was murdered in 1922.

From BBC

This seems unlikely since Rathenau was shot two months after “Mabuse” opened, but the intro was unnecessary.

From New York Times

One of the most moving photos in the Berlin exhibition is of an immense “Rally for the Republic” following the assassination of foreign minister Walther Rathenau in 1922.

From The Guardian

Ze’ev Rosenkrantz, the assistant director of the Einstein Papers Project at Caltech, said the letter wasn’t the first time Einstein warned about German anti-Semitism, but it captured his state of mind at this important junction after Rathenau’s killing and the “internal exile” he imposed on himself shortly after it.

From Washington Times