Walther Rathenau

in Western Germany Karl Tillessen a brother of Erzberger's assassin Heinrich Tillessen and his adjutant Hartmut Plaas. "If ten million people must die to free ten million people from the bourgeoisie" is regarded as a harsh but necessary consequence. Hans Gerd Techow was arrested the following day Ernst Werner Techow who was visiting his uncle three days later.

Walther Rathenau (September 29 1867 – June 24 1922) was a German industrialist politician writer and statesman who served as Foreign Minister of Germany during the Weimar Republic.