Hauptmann von Köpenick incident
GPTKB entity
Statements (16)
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| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:historical_event
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| gptkbp:date |
1906-10-16
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| gptkbp:describes |
A German impostor, Wilhelm Voigt, posed as a Prussian military officer and commandeered a detachment of soldiers to seize the town hall of Köpenick.
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Hauptmann von Köpenick incident
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| gptkbp:inspiredBy |
Several film adaptations
The play 'Der Hauptmann von Köpenick' by Carl Zuckmayer |
| gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Köpenick,_Berlin,_Germany
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| gptkbp:perpetrator |
gptkb:Wilhelm_Voigt
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| gptkbp:relatedTo |
gptkb:Wilhelm_Voigt
gptkb:Köpenick |
| gptkbp:result |
Voigt was later arrested and imprisoned.
Voigt was pardoned by Kaiser Wilhelm II. Wilhelm Voigt arrested the mayor and confiscated the city treasury. |
| gptkbp:significance |
Exposed the blind obedience to authority in the German military and civil service.
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Town_Hall_Köpenick
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
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