More Kopenicks November 23, 2012
Author: Beach Combing | in : Contemporary
Was it only a couple of week’s ago that Beach described the immortal achievement of Wihelm Vogit in Kopenick? A confidence trickster essentially took a German town hostage by putting on a captain’s uniform. At the time Beach noted the way that the British particularly were insufferable in blaming Prussia’s blind obedience to authority. Since […]
The Greatest Heist in History? The Captain of Kopenick November 7, 2012
Author: Beach Combing | in : Modern
Much has Beach travelled in the realms of criminal gold. But rarely has he come across a villain of the quality of Wilhelm Voigt (obit 1922): the Captain of Kopenick. Let’s begin with the shocked aftermath and then follow Voigt back through one of the most daring robberies in history. 17 October 1906 the German […]
