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588:, aged 50.
464:Switzerland
460:World War I
401:World War I
389:Triesenberg
291:Triesenberg
275:World War I
167:Switzerland
147:Triesenberg
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952:25 October
745:20 October
634:References
592:Literature
586:Walenstadt
575:Wittenbach
549:After the
543:indictment
480:Josef Peer
381:See also:
335:St. Gallen
325:Law career
285:Early life
163:Walenstadt
1238:Paul Vogt
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806:3 October
565:in 1936.
456:same year
437:Johann II
366:Emil Beck
350:Emil Beck
127:1932–1936
123:In office
116:1914–1928
112:In office
68:Johann II
55:In office
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524:In 1928
211:Ivo Beck
206:Children
104:Oberland
356:, 1920.
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183:Spouse
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