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Reich Minister of Finance (1925–1926); Reich Chancellor in the Weimar Republic (1925–1926); Reich Minister of Finance (1924–1924); Reich Minister of Finance (1923–1924)."},{"q":"Where did Hans Luther study?","a":"Hans Luther was educated at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, University of Geneva, Kiel University."}],"related":[{"name":"Erich Koch-Weser","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/erich-koch-weser"},{"name":"Hermann Dietrich","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/hermann-dietrich"},{"name":"Franz von Papen","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/franz-von-papen"},{"name":"Philipp Scheidemann","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/philipp-scheidemann"},{"name":"Hubert Burda","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/hubert-burda"},{"name":"Adolf Butenandt","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/adolf-butenandt"},{"name":"Adolf von Bomhard","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/adolf-von-bomhard"},{"name":"Albert Osswald","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/albert-osswald"},{"name":"Alfred Freyberg","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/alfred-freyberg"},{"name":"Alfred Herrhausen","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/alfred-herrhausen"},{"name":"Alois Spaniol","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/alois-spaniol"},{"name":"Amandus Augustus Abendroth","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/amandus-augustus-abendroth"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/hans-luther-357f3d4883.jpg","width":500,"height":738,"license":"CC BY-SA 3.0 de","credit":"Unknown author Unknown author","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1969-008A-07,_Hans_Luther.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Hans Luther","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Luther","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q155419","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q155419","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1969-008A-07, Hans Luther.jpg by Unknown author Unknown author (CC BY-SA 3.0 de)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1969-008A-07,_Hans_Luther.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Hans Luther, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. 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