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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 413068, member: 39&quot;]That is Carl Severing, I think. He is from Bielefeld (well, born in nearby Herford) and was a locksmith first. So in a way he was the &quot;smith of Bielefeld&quot; of his time: Raymond Poincaré (at that time French prime minister) was one of the driving forces behind the French-Belgian occupation of the Ruhr area, and Severing supported the opposition against it while at the same time being loyal to the German government (federal and Prussian - back then Bielefeld and the Ruhr area were parts of Prussia).</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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