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denied the payment, Cohn admitted the receipt and regretted that he was not able yet to spend the complete sum to spread the idea of the revolution. He explicitly denied receiving the money to acquire weapons; instead he had used most of the cash money to support employees of the embassy and
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Entscheidung veröffentlichten nunmehr die beiden Vertreter der Unabhängigen Sozialdemokraten in der Kommission, Eduard Bernstein und Dr. Oskar Cohn eine Erklärung, in der sie feststellen, daß sie entgegen dem Spruche der Kommission in dem Verfahren gegen den Kapitän Fryatt, in seiner
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Germany and Russia, Cohn became legal advisor of the Russian delegation in Berlin. In early November 1918, the Russian delegation was expelled on charges of preparing a Communist uprising in Germany. On the night of 5 to 6 November,
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in the Jewish community of Berlin, especially advocating the equal status of eastern european Jewish immigrants. In 1922 Cohn re-joined the SPD; he left politics in 1924 and focused on religious affairs in Berlin. He continued to work as a lawyer in Berlin and became a member of the
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Verurteilung und in seiner
Erschießung eine schwere Verletzung des Völkerrechts sehen. Wie sie feststellen, haben sie aus der Untersuchung die Überzeugung gewonnen, daß an Kapitän Fryatt ein nicht zu entschuldigender Justizmord begangen worden sei.
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nationals in
Germany. Because he could not use the bank account for formal reasons (the Mendelssohn bank refused the mandate), only 50,000 Mark were used to support a socialist uprising in Germany.
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dissented from the commission's verdict and publicly declared that they regarded the execution as a severe infringement of international law and an "inexcusable judicial murder".
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275:(Dobrodzień, Poland), the eleventh child of Bernhard Cohn (1827–1903) and Charlotte née Dresdner (1831–1908). His family were religious but largely assimilated
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The Oskar-Cohn-StraĂźe in Nordhausen is named in his honour. In 1934
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in 1899; as a lawyer working in Berlin, Cohn also co-operated with
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in northern Israel. The funeral orations were given by Zionists
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698:"Warum ein preußischer General Genozid in Palästina stoppte"
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785:(in German). Jerusalem: Leo Baeck Institute. p. 60.
608:(in German). Frankfurt/New York: Campus. pp. 28 ff.
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Weimar National Assembly, Cohn standing on the far left
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in Palestine. The deportations were finally stopped by
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In 1892 Cohn obtained his doctorate and served in the
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33:Member of the Berlin City council
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533:of February 1933. He moved to
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379:Erich von Falkenhayn
285:University of Berlin
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857:(in German). Bonn.
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428:and a 10.5 million
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241:Prussian parliament
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963:. 31 October 2014.
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704:. 6 December 2017.
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816:"Zum Fall Fryatt"
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506:. In the case of
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