Stuttgarter Zeitung: : Franz von Papen und Kardinalstaatssekretär Eugenio Pacelli unterzeichnen das Reichskonkordat
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Franz von Papen
Franz Joseph Hermann Michael Maria von Papen, Erbsälzer zu Werl und Neuwerk was a German politician, diplomat, army officer, and Prussian nobleman. A national conservative, he served as Chancellor of Germany in 1932, and then as Vice-Chancellor under Adolf Hitler from 1933 to 1934. A committed monarchist, Papen is largely remembered for his role in bringing Hitler to power.
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politics · German politician (1879–1969) · politician · diplomat · military personnel · military officer · military attaché · also Franz von Papen, von Papen, Papen, Franz Joseph Hermann Michael Maria von Papen, Erbsälzer zu Werl und Neuwerk
Born 29 October 1879 · Died 2 May 1969 · Q150552
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The Atlantic: Franz Von Papen Memoirs
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1969· 6 entries
Died 1969-05-02.
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“Names and individuals are unimportant when Germany's final fate is at stake.”
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“In the interest of the entire nation we decline the claim to power by parties which want to own their followers body and soul, and which want to put themselves, as a party or a movement, over and above the whole nation.”
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Papen gave speeches and wrote articles in the newspapers, defending himself against the charge that he had played a crucial role in having Hitler appointed chancellor and that he had served a criminal regime; these led t
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“The hope in the hearts of millions of national socialists can be fulfilled only by an authoritarian government.”
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“It is to be hoped that the leaders of this movement will place the nation above the party.”
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1952· 2 entries
Insistently downplayed his involvement and portrayed himself as a tragic patriot; he died in 1969
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And 1953, Papen published his memoirs in two volumes in Switzerland
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1947· 2 entries
A West German denazification court found Papen to have acted as the main culprit in crimes relating to the Nazi government
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Career landmark: Participated in Hostages Trial (tournament / event).
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1943· 1 entry
Papen frustrated a UK attempt to have Turkey join the war on the Allied side by getting Hitler to send a letter to Inönü assuring him that Germany had no interest in invading Turkey and by threatening to have the Luftwaf
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1941· 1 entry
Biographer Tibor Koeves described Papen as Satan in a top hat for his role in bringing Hitler to power
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1939· 2 entries
Career landmark: ambassador of Germany to Turkey (1939–1944).
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And was very depressed when he heard the news of the German attack on Poland on the radio
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1934· 2 entries
Career landmark: ambassador of Germany to Austria (1934–1938).
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During which the Nazis placed him under house arrest, ransacked his office and murdered some of his close associates
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1933· 3 entries
Career landmark: Vice-Chancellor of Germany (1933–1934).
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In a cabinet ostensibly not under Nazi Party domination
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Career landmark: Minister President of Prussia (1933–1933).
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1932· 5 entries
Career landmark: Reich Chancellor in the Weimar Republic (1932–1932).
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Career landmark: Minister President of Prussia (1932–1932).
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And then as Vice-Chancellor under Adolf Hitler from 1933 to 1934
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Career landmark: Chancellor of Germany (1932–1932).
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Papen ruled by presidential decree
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1919· 1 entry
Papen and his Interior Minister Baron Wilhelm von Gayl called a press conference to announce plans for a new constitution that would, in effect, turn Germany into a dictatorship
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1916· 1 entry
Papen took command of the 2nd Battalion of the 93rd Reserve Infantry Regiment of the 4th Guards Infantry Division fighting in Flanders
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1915· 1 entry
Served as a battalion commander on the Western Front of World War I and finished his war service in the Middle Eastern theatre as a lieutenant colonel
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1879· 1 entry
Born 1879-10-29.
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