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Hans Adam Dorten

1880–1963 · 20th century

Hans Adam Dorten was a German lawyer and Rhineland separatist leader. With French encouragement he proclaimed a Rhenish Republic at Wiesbaden in June 1919, which collapsed within days, and he again led the separatist movement during the occupation of the Ruhr in 1923. After the movement failed he lived in France for the rest of his life.

Hans Adam Dorten
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