Tod König Friedrich Wilhelm Des Zweiten
Eine weitere Episode aus Marwitz's Lebensbeschreibung, dieses Mal bei der Trauerfeier Friedrich Wilhelm des Zweiten in 1797 (die paragraphen sind…
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