Lothar Witzke
German Empire
Lothar Witzke was a Imperial German naval officer, spy and saboteur during the First World War. - AsNotedIn
Lothar Witzke was a Imperial German naval officer, spy and saboteur during the First World War. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1916/07/30 | Lothar Witzke and fellow German saboteurs set off explosions at Black Tom munitions depot. | Saboteur | Statue of Liberty National Monument | New Jersey | |||
| 1916/07/30 | Lothar Witzke and fellow German saboteurs set off explosions at Black Tom munitions depot. | Saboteur | Statue of Liberty National Monument | New York | |||
| 1917/03/00 | Barges loaded with munitions explode - killing 6 people, wounding 31 and destroying port facilities. Agents of US Military Intelligence tied the blast to roving German saboteur Lothar Witzke, who was caught and imprisoned in 1918. | Saboteur | Mare Island Historic District | Vallejo,CA | |||
| 1918/02/01 | Claiming to be a Russian-American, "Pablo Waberski", returning to San Francisco, Lothar Witzke as arrested at the Mexican border, near Nogales, Arizona. | Architect | Nogales | Arizona |