Harden later told Hirschfeld that the affair was the greatest political mistake of his life, like many later observers, attributing the affair as the root cause of World War I and the fall of the Second Reich, inevitable without Eulenburg's moderating influence.
Harden later told Hirschfeld that the affair was the greatest political mistake of his life. Like many later observers, attributing the affair as the root cause of World War I and the fall of the Second Reich, inevitable without Eulenburg's moderating influence.