Richthofen, Manfred von. 1892-1918. WWI German air ace. Downed 80 Allied planes.

Riehl, Wilhelm. 1823-97. German writer/historian.

Riemann, Bernhard. 1826-66. German mathematician: non-Euclidean geometry.

Ritter, Carl. 1779-1859. German founder of scientific geography.

Ritter, Johann. 1776-1810. Polish/German discoverer of UV light.

Rœntgen, Konrad. 1845-1923. German physicist, discovered X-rays 1895.

Röhm, Ernst. 1887-1934. German Nazi rival of Hitler. Organized SA. Executed.

Romanticism. 18C Philosophical movement rooted in Pietism. Began in Germany. Spread across Europe in 19C.

Rommel, Erwin. 1891-1944. German WWII Field Marshal in Africa 1941-3, France 1944. “Desert Fox”. Plotted vs Hitler. Suicide.

Rosenberg, Alfred. 1893-1946. German Nazi ideologist. Executed.

Rothschild, Meyer. 1744-1812. German banking family patriarch.

Ruanda Urundi. Batwa. Bahuta. 14C Watusi. 1897 German East Africa. 1916 Belgium. 1923 League of Nations mandate 1962 Independent. Rwanda, Burundi.

Rudolf I. 1218-91. First Hapsburg Emperor of Germany 1273-.

Ruhr. German steel region. Occupied by France 1923-30. Heavily bombed in WWII.

Rundstedt, Gerd von. 1875-1953. Leading German WWII commander.

Runes. 3-16/17C. Alphabet used by German peoples; origin unknown.

Runge, Friedlieb. 1795-1867. German. Phenol from coal 1833. Carbolic acid 1834. Paper chromatography.

Ruska, Ernst. 1906-88. German engineer. Electron microscope.

Saar. Former Palatinate. 1919 League of Nations mandate. 1935 Germany. 1945 French occupy. 1948 Autonomous. 1957 West Germany.

Sachs, Hans. 1494-1576. German shoemaker/poet, composed songs of commonplace.

Sachs, Julius von. 1832-97. German discoverer of chlorophyll action.

Sachs, Nelly. 1891-1970. German poet, Jewish spokesperson.

Samoa. Melanesians. 1722 Dutch explore. 1830 British settle. 1856 German trade. 1899 Germany(W)/ USA(E) becomes Western Samoa, American Samoa.

Sark. 1040 Norman. 1066 English fief. 1565 colonized. 1940-45 Germans occupy.

Savigny, Friedrich von. 1779-1861. German jurist, historian of Roman and medieval law. Modern system of civil law.

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