Walther Rathenau and Economic Vision

Walther Rathenau and Economic Vision

Walther Rathenau

An industrialist, writer, and politician active from the late German Empire to the early Weimar Republic. A prominent businessman involved in the management of AEG (German Edison Company, later Allgemeine Elektrizitäts-Gesellschaft), he played a crucial role in organizing Germany's war economy during World War I. After the war, he was active as a politician in the German Democratic Party (DDP), serving as Minister for Reconstruction and becoming Minister for Foreign Affairs in 1922.

Timeline

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Year Walther Rathenau
1867
Birth of Walther Rathenau (Period: September 29, 1867, Location: Berlin, Germany (then North German Confederation))
1885
Studies at the Universities of Berlin and Strasburg (Age: 17 years old, Period: 1885–1889, Location: Germany, Berlin; France, Strasbourg)
1890
Military Service (Age: 22 years old, Period: 1890–1891, Location: Germany, Berlin)
1892
Work in the Swiss Aluminum Industry (Age: 24 years old, Period: 1892, Location: Neuhausen, Switzerland)
1899
Joining the Board of Directors of AEG (Age: 31 years old, Period: 1899, Location: Germany, Berlin)
1904
Herero and Namaqua Genocide (Age: 36 years old, Period: 1904–1908, Location: German Southwest Africa (present-day Namibia))
1907
Visit to German East Africa (Age: 39 years old, Period: 1907, Location: German East Africa (present-day Tanzania, etc.))
1908
Visit to German Southwest Africa (Age: 40 years old, Period: 1908, Location: German Southwest Africa (present-day Namibia))
1914
World War I (Age: 46 years old, Period: 1914–1918, Location: Western Front, Belgium and France)
Establishment and Direction of the War Raw Materials Department (Age: 46 years old, Period: August 1914 – March 1915, Location: Prussian War Ministry, Germany)
1915
Becoming President of AEG (Walther Rathenau, Age: 47 years old, Period: June 1915, Location: Germany, Berlin)
1918
Joining the German Democratic Party (DDP, Age: 50 years old, Period: 1918, Location: Germany)
1919
German Domestic Political Conflicts over the Treaty of Versailles (Age: 51 years old, Period: 1919–1922, Location: Germany)
Participation in the German Delegation to the Paris Peace Conference (Age: 51 years old, Period: 1919, Location: France, Paris and Versailles)
1920
Participation in the Socialization Commission (Age: 52 years old, Period: 1920, Location: Germany)
Participation in the Spa Conference (Age: 52 years old, Period: 1920, Location: Spa, Belgium)
1921
Taking Office as Minister for Reconstruction (Walther Rathenau, Age: 53 years old, Period: May 1921 – October 1921, Location: Germany, Berlin)
Wiesbaden Agreement (Age: 54 years old, Period: October 1921, Location: Wiesbaden, Germany)
1922
Taking Office as Foreign Minister (Walther Rathenau, Age: 54 years old, Period: February 1, 1922, Location: Germany, Berlin)
Genoa Conference (Age: 54 years old, Period: April 1922, Location: Genoa, Italy)
Conclusion of the Treaty of Rapallo (Age: 54 years old, Period: April 16, 1922, Location: Rapallo, Italy)
Investigation and Trial of the Rathenau Assassination (Age: 54 years old, Period: June 1922 – October 1922 and after, Location: Various parts of Germany including Berlin, Thuringia)
Death of Walther Rathenau (Age: 54 years old, Period: June 24, 1922)
Assassination of Walther Rathenau (Age: 54 years old, Period: June 24, 1922, Location: Germany, Berlin, en route from Grunewald district to the Foreign Office)
Anti-Terror Demonstrations after Rathenau's Assassination (Age: 54 years old, Period: June 27 – late June 1922, Location: Various parts of Germany, especially Berlin)
Unknown
Marriage (Walther Rathenau, N/A, Period: Unmarried lifelong, Location: N/A)

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