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Wilhelm Voigt

German criminal

Died when: 72 years 324 days (874 months)
Star Sign: Aquarius

 

Wilhelm Voigt

Friedrich Wilhelm Voigt (13 February 1849 – 3 January 1922) was a German impostor who, in 1906, masqueraded as a Prussian military officer, rounded up a number of soldiers under his "command", and "confiscated" more than 4,000 marks from a municipal treasury.

Although he served two years in prison, he became a folk hero as "the Captain of Köpenick" (German: der Hauptmann von Köpenick ['ha?ptman f?n 'kø?p?n?k]) and was pardoned by Kaiser Wilhelm II.

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