🎖️ THE SHOEMAKER WHO STOLE A TOWN
October 16
In 1906, a 57-year-old German shoemaker named Wilhelm Voigt bought a second-hand Prussian captain's uniform, marched into the town of Köpenick, and — by sheer force of bluster — ordered a squad of real soldiers, a brass band, and the town's mayor to hand over 4,000 marks. The soldiers obeyed. The mayor obeyed. The whole German army was humiliated by a cobbler in a borrowed hat.
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