Albert Leo Schlageter
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Albert Leo Schlageter was an Imperial German Army officer who served in World War I before joining several Freikorps groups and carrying out acts of sabotage against French occupational forces in the
Albert Leo Schlageter, 1918
Schlageter facing the firing squad
Schlageter memorial in Billerbeck. The inscription was removed after the war.
Occupation of the Ruhr
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The occupation of the Ruhr was the period from 11 January 1923 to 25 August 1925 when French and Belgian troops occupied the Ruhr region of Germany.
Albert Leo Schlageter
…1923) was an Imperial German Army officer who served in World War I before joining several Freikorps groups and carrying out acts of sabotage against French occupational forces in the Ruhr. Schlageter was arrested by French forces for sabotaging railroad tracks and executed by firing squad in 1923. After his death, he was…
Two French soldiers and a German civilian in the Ruhr in 1923
French Chasseurs Alpins in Buer (Gelsenkirchen)
Protest poster from 1923 showing a worker refusing French orders: "No! You will not force me!"
French troops leaving Dortmund