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Images - Politics II: Parties and Political Mobilization
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41.   Kaiser Wilhelm I’s Last Official Signature (March 8, 1888)
This facsimile shows the last state document signed by Kaiser Wilhelm I on March 8, 1888. He died the following day. The document in question authorized Bismarck to conclude the current legislative....
Kaiser Wilhelm I’s Last Official Signature (March 8, 1888)
42.   Anton von Werner, Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm at a Court Ball in 1878 [Kronprinz Friedrich Wilhelm auf dem Hofball 1878] (1895)
This painting of Kaiser Friedrich III (1831-1888, reigned March-June 1888) by Anton von Werner (1843-1915) shows him as Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm, in conversation with dignitaries at a court....
Anton von Werner, <i>Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm at a Court Ball in 1878</i> [<i>Kronprinz Friedrich Wilhelm auf dem Hofball 1878</i>] (1895)
43.   Ernst Henseler, Bismarck in Conversation with Reichstag Deputies at a Parliamentary Soirée (1894)
This painting by Ernst Henseler (b. 1852) shows a parliamentary “beer evening” in the Imperial chancellery. These soirées provided Bismarck with an opportunity to convince parliamentary friends and....
Ernst Henseler, <i>Bismarck in Conversation with Reichstag Deputies at a Parliamentary Soirée</i> (1894)
44.   "What the Coming Reichstag Will Look Like" (1878)
This Kladderadatsch cartoon pokes fun at Reichstag deputies who eagerly toed the chancellor’s line. At the same time, however, it also implies criticism of Bismarck’s “dictatorial”....
45.   "Our State Ministry in Uniform (With One Exception)" (March 28, 1889)
The caption to this cartoon by F. Graetz reads: “Reviewing Officer Prince Bismarck: My heavens – How did that civilian get in here?!” The civilian in question is Prussian Minister of Justice....
46.   Bismarck’s Handwritten Letter of Resignation (March 18, 1890)
Facsimile of the last page of Bismarck’s draft of his letter of resignation to Kaiser Wilhelm....
Bismarck’s Handwritten Letter of Resignation (March 18, 1890)
47.   Bismarck’s Train Leaves the Station (March 29, 1890)
There was a tumultuous scene at the Lehrter train station in Berlin on March 29, 1890, when – following his ....
Bismarck’s Train Leaves the Station (March 29, 1890)
48.   Bismarck and Germany: Past, Present, and Future
This retrospective on thirty-five years of German achievement (1862-97) probably sprang from the imagination of the rabidly antisemitic publicist Max Bewer, who has been identified as the author....
Bismarck and Germany: Past, Present, and Future
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