Kaiser Wilhelm I dies; Frederick III succeeds
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- The Warburgs: The Twentieth-Century Odyssey of a Remarkable Jewish Family whole source · open book
When the first Wilhelm died in March 1888, his successor, Frederick III, was already afflicted with terminal throat cancer. During a ghastly three-month reign, the voiceless kaiser sucked on soothing ice cubes and communicated by notes.
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