Walther Rathenau The German industrialist and statesman Walther Rathenau (1867-1922) pioneered the public management of raw materials in his country during World War I. As postwar foreign minister, he inaugurated a new policy of reconciliation with Germany's former enemi... more
Rathenau, Walther (born Sept. 29, 1867, Berlin, Prussia—died June 24, 1922, Berlin, Ger.) German industrialist and statesman. From 1915 he headed the AEG conglomerate developed by his father, Emil Rathenau (1838–1915). In World War I he organized the conservat... more
