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Moritz Ferdinand Freiherr von Bissing (January 30, 1844 – April 18, 1917) was a
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Bissing was born at Ober Bellmannsdorf in the
Province of SilesiaThe Province of Silesia was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1815 to 1919; the territory had been conquered from Habsburg Austria during the 18th century Silesian Wars. The provincial capital was Breslau. During the Weimar Republic, in 1919, Silesia was divided into the separate provinces...
. After the fall of
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during the First World War, Bissing was appointed governor-general of occupied Belgium, serving from December 1914 until his death near
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. He signed the warrant for the execution of
Edith CavellEdith Louisa Cavell was a British nurse and humanitarian. She is celebrated for helping some 200 Allied soldiers escape from German-occupied Belgium during World War I, for which she was executed...
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