On this date in 1906: The wild true story of a shoemaker, a squad of soldiers and a stolen fortune

In 1906, a desperate shoemaker pulled off one of the most audacious stunts in history by impersonating a Prussian army ...
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The Prussian Robber-Captain who Seized and Scammed an Entire Town: Hauptmann von Köpenick (1906)

Wilhelm Voigt was a petty criminal, in-and-out of prison, destined to be forgotten after his death. Yet in 1906 he pulled off ...