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Adolf Wild von
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Heinrich Adolf Wild von Hohenborn (8.7.1860 - 25.10.1925) place of birth: Kassel (Kurhessen) German lieutenant general who replaced Falkenhayn as Prussian Minister of War (Jan 1915 - Oct 1916). He also served as XVI. Corps commander during the latter half of the War. He was Kaiser Wilhelm II's classmate during their student days in Kassel. As War Minister, Wild achieved a certain amount of notoriety when he ordered a census to be taken (Nov 1916) ostensibly to prove that there were relatively few Jewish soldiers serving at the front, and conversely that Jews were over-represented among those registered as physically unfit for military service. There were apparently no significant findings, and the results were thus never published. This action nonetheless unleashed a wave of anti-Semitism within the army, complete with numerous physical attacks.
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