Word: republik
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Dates: during 1926-1926
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Rising, assumedly with relief, the Herr President strode to the onetime Königsplatz, recently re-christened Platz der Republik. There the Presidential Guard of Honor stood, ramrod-backed, eyes front...
...Vienna, Chancellor Karl Ramek of Die Republik Osterreich signed an impressive looking document, which was likewise autographed by Dr. Edward Benes, Premier of the Ceskoslovenska Republika...
Konigplatz smacked of Sadowa and Sedan and a long line of national glories running back to Teutoberg. But the old war lord has been unhorsed, and in his place there sits a female figure, symbol of democracy. For Konigplatz gives way to Platz der Republik...
Louis XVI lived to see France a republic and to hear himself called "Citoyen Capet". The less ancient but no less royal dynasty of Hohenzollern still lives in three generations, and the head of the house has turned from ruling a nation to chopping wood. Platz der Republik becomes the herald of a new order which sees Germany exchange her place in the sun for a seat in the League of Nations...