Global InformationHans Adam Dorten information
Hans Adam Dorten | |
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 Dorten | |
| Born | 10 February 1880 Endenich (Bonn), Rhine Province, Germany |
| Died | April 1963 Nice, France |
| Occupation(s) | Lawyer Politician Rhenish separatist |
Hans Adam Dorten (10 February 1880 – April 1963) was a German career lawyer who in 1919 became a separatist leader in the militarily occupied Rhineland, following German defeat in the First World War.[1]
The period was a confused one during which political objectives were not always firmly fixed, nor clearly set out, but it is understood that Dorten's preference was for a Rhineland separated from "protestant" Prussia, and economically more closely aligned with France. At the end of 1923, a final attempt to establish an independent Rhenish state having failed, he escaped to Nice in France: here he resumed his legal career and worked on his memoirs.[2]
- ^ "Adam Dorten ... fr. Separatistenführer im Rheinland". Internationales Biographisches Archiv 17/1952. Munzinger-Archiv GmbH, Ravensburg. 14 April 1952. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
- ^ "Rhein-Gold: Nach Adam Dorten". Der Spiegel. Der Spiegel (online). 10 April 1948. Retrieved 5 July 2015.