Person
Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg
Chancellor of the German Empire from 1909 to 1917.
- Dates
- 1856–1921
- Also known as
- Bethmann Hollweg
- Wikidata
- Q77113
Connections 3
head of
- Imperial German government Chancellor Primary record 1
involved in
- German invasion of Belgium Primary record 1
- July Crisis Primary record 2
Timeline 1 date
- 1856–1921 Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg
Proof 2 sources
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Collected Diplomatic Documents Relating to the Outbreak of the European War (British Blue Book, French Yellow Book, Russian Orange Book, Belgian Grey Book, Serbian Blue Book, German White Book, in English), His Majesty's Stationery Office, London (printed by Harrison and Sons), 1915.
Primary record
I found the Chancellor very agitated.
We are in a state of legitimate defence, and necessity knows no law.
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Outbreak of the World War: German Documents Collected by Karl Kautsky, edited by Max Montgelas and Walther Schucking, Oxford University Press, American Branch, for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Division of International Law (translated by the Carnegie Endowment), 1924.
Primary record
Finally, as far as concerns Serbia, His Majesty, of course, can not interfere in the dispute now going on between Austria-Hungary and that country, as it is a matter not within his competence.
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- Add the story of the July Crisis of 1914bcc029b
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