The Ex-Con Who Hijacked a Town With a CostumeHow a simple uniform upended Imperial Germany.

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In 1906, a shoemaker was caught in a bureaucratic trap. No job without a residence permit, no permit without a job. His solution was to buy a second-hand captain's uniform and see what happened. This simple disguise gave him the authority to command soldiers, arrest a mayor, and seize a town's treasury. His audacious stunt reveals the terrifying and hilarious power of blind obedience, showing how easily a system can be short-circuited by a mere change of clothes.