Wilhelm Voigt
Videos
Friedrich Wilhelm Voigt was a German con man and impostor. In his most famous exploit, Voigt masqueraded as a military officer of the elite Prussian Guards in 1906, rounding up a number of Imperial Ge
Voigt in 1910
A commemorative memorial plate for Wilhelm Voigt and the Captain of Köpenick at Köpenick city hall. The text briefly recounts the happenings, including the exact date, and the subsequent fame of the case through Carl Zuckmayer's play.
![A statue of Wilhelm Voigt as the Captain of Köpenick at Köpenick city hall (by Spartak Babajan [de])](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Hauptmann_von_Koepenick_-_Bronzestatue.jpg/500px-Hauptmann_von_Koepenick_-_Bronzestatue.jpg)
A statue of Wilhelm Voigt as the Captain of Köpenick at Köpenick city hall (by Spartak Babajan [de])
Uniform worn by Wilhelm Voigt as the Captain of Köpenick
Dowager
Videos
A dowager is a widow or widower who holds a title or property – a "dower" – derived from her or his deceased spouse. As an adjective, dowager usually appears in association with monarchical and aristo
Wilhelm Voigt
…Madame Tussaud's museum in London. In 1910, he moved to Luxembourg and worked as a waiter and shoemaker. He received a life pension from a rich Berlin dowager. Two years later, he bought a house and retired, but was ruined financially in the post–World War I recession. Voigt died of flu in Luxembourg City on…
The Dowager Duchess of Ventadour in full mourning attends the King of France
The dowager Empress Eugénie of France in grand deuil
Empress Amélie of Brazil wore black in mourning for her husband Pedro I for the rest of her life.
The lady in white is a dowager (c. 1914)