Oskar von Hutier
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Oskar Emil von Hutier was a German general during the First World War. He served in the German Army from 1875 to 1919, including war service.
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Stab-in-the-back myth
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The stab-in-the-back myth is an antisemitic and anti-communist conspiracy theory that was widely believed and promulgated in Germany after 1918. It maintained that the Imperial German Army did not los
Oskar von Hutier
…1919, Hutier presided over the German Officers' League until his death on 5 December 1934. He was among leaders who contended that the Army had been betrayed by enemies at home. Oskar von Hutier was born in Erfurt on 27 August 1857, in the Prussian Province of Saxony. His family had a long tradition of military service; his…
An illustration from a 1919 Austrian postcard showing a caricatured Jew, stabbing a German Army soldier in the back with a dagger. The capitulation of the Central Powers was blamed on communists, Bolsheviks, and the Weimar Republic, but in particular on Jews.
First Quartermaster General Erich Ludendorff
Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg
Friedrich Ebert contributed to the myth when he told returning veterans that "No enemy has vanquished you."