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Parent topics
- Germany [r]: A country in north-western continental Europe that is a major political and economic world player. [e]
Subtopics
President
- Friedrich Ebert [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Paul von Hindenburg [r]: (1847-1934) German Field Marshal in WWI, Chief of Staff and then Chief of the Army with Erich Ludendorff as principal deputy; told Wilhelm II he had to abdicate; President of Germany 1925-1934, replaced by Adolf Hitler only after death due to his popularity [e]
Chancellor
- Gustav Stresemann [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Hermann Mueller [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Franz von Papen [r]: (1879 - 1969) Ex-Reichswehr, Catholic Center Party, Herrenklub, Chancellor (1932-33), Vice Chancellor; under house arrest during Night of the Long Knives; Ambassador to Austria before Anschluss; acquitted of war crimes in Nuremberg Trials [e]
- Kurt von Schleicher [r]: (1881-1934) WW1 Staff Officer, Reichswehr general, Chancellor of Germany (1932-33); killed, with his wife, during Night of the Long Knives Purge [e]
- Adolf Hitler [r]: (1889–1945) Politician in Germany; became 1921 Nazi Party leader, 1933 Reichskanzler (Chancellor), then 1934 as der Führer dictator before and during World War II. [e] abolished the Chancellorship and merged it, with the Presidency, into the office of Fuehrer
Political parties and influence groups
- Deutschnationale Volkspartei [r]: (DNVP), German National People's Party (1919-1933), right-wing German party led publisher Alfred Hugenberg; opposed to Treaty of Versailles and trade unions; joined Adolf Hitler's opposition coalition; later dissolved [e]
- Deutsche Volkspartei [r]: German People's Party; center-right during Weimar Republic; split with DNVP and did not join coalition with Nazis [e]
- Nazi Party [r]: The totalitarian ideology espoused by Adolf Hitler and the German Nazi Party; its program was first stated formally in 1920, drafted by Hitler, Gottfried Feder and Anton Drexler [e]
- Social Democratic Party (Germany) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Stahlhelm [r]: Literally "steel helmet"; formed 1918 as Association of [German] Frontline Soldiers; joined DNVP/NSDAP coalition, splitting from the DVP, part of initial Nazi coalition; largely absorbed by Sturmabteilung (SA) [e]
- Zentrum [r]: Add brief definition or description