Person    | Male  Born 7/4/1870  Died 2/5/1919

Gustav Landauer

Categories: Politics & Administration, Tragedy

Countries: Germany

Anarchist theorist. Born Germany. Also translated William Shakespeare into German. Beaten to death by soldiers while under arrest in Munich. Film director Mike Nichols is his grandson.

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Gustav Landauer

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