Wilhelm Sollmann

Wilhelm Sollmann

Friedrich Wilhelm Sollmann (1 April 1881, Oberlind, Saxe-Meiningen - 6 January 1951) was a German journalist, politician, and interior minister of the Weimar Republic. In 1919 he was a member of the German delegation to the Treaty of Versailles. In 1933 he was beaten by Nazi stormtroopers and later emigrated to the United States where he became an advocate for the peaceful resolution of conflicts.

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