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Karl Wilhelm Jerusalem

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German lawyer

Germany AcademicsLived 1747 to 1772 · aged 25

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Karl Wilhelm Jerusalem was a German lawyer. His suicide in Wetzlar became the model for that of The Sorrows of Young Werther by Goethe.

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Carl Wilhelm Jerusalem

Carl Wilhelm Jerusalem

Jerusalem's note requesting Kestner's travelling pistols - the original is now in the Goethe- und Schillerarchiv in Weimar.

Jerusalem's note requesting Kestner's travelling pistols - the original is now in the Goethe- und Schillerarchiv in Weimar.

Silhouette of Elisabeth Herd, 1771

Silhouette of Elisabeth Herd, 1771

Memorial to Karl Wilhelm Jerusalem in Wetzlar

Memorial to Karl Wilhelm Jerusalem in Wetzlar

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FatherJohann Friedrich Wilhelm Jerusalem

Academics from Germany 6

Theodor Zahn45.3

Erich Schmidt45.2 Edgar Wind45.3

Hans Friedrich Gadow45.2 Johann Andreas Eisenmenger45.3

Salomo Friedlaender45.2

About this person

Country

Germany

Category

Academics

Type

Academic

Status

deceased

Dates

Lived 1747 to 1772 · aged 25

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