Ernst von Salomon (September 25, 1902 - August 9, 1972) was a German writer and one of the assassins of Walther Rathenau. He was born in Kiel, the son of an officer. From 1913 he was a cadet in Karlsruhe and Berlin-Lichterfelde; from 1919 Freikorps ("Free-Corps") in the Baltic and Upper Silesia. He received a five year prison sentence in 1922 for taking part in the plot to assassinate Walther Rathenau - he had organized a car for the assassins. Wikipedia
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