“he no longer enjoyed the confidence of the Army”
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Kurt von Schleicher
Kurt Ferdinand Friedrich Hermann von Schleicher was a German military officer and the penultimate chancellor of Germany during the Weimar Republic. A rival for power with Adolf Hitler, Schleicher was assassinated by Hitler's Schutzstaffel (SS) during the Night of the Long Knives in 1934.
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politics · Chancellor of Germany from 1932 to 1933 · politician · military officer · head of government · also Kurt von Schleicher, Kurt Ferdinand Friedrich Hermann von Schleicher, Schleicher
Born 7 April 1882 · Died 30 June 1934 · Q57133
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insider.si.edu: Kurt Von Schleicher
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1935· 1 entry
“rightfully murdered, if only because he had sought to maintain the Rapallo Treaty”
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1934· 2 entries
Died 1934-06-30.
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To provide a seemingly factual basis to Hitler's claim that Schleicher and Röhm had been plotting to overthrow him, thus justifying the assassination of both
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1932· 4 entries
Career landmark: Reich Chancellor in the Weimar Republic (1932–1933).
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Schleicher served as Minister of Defence in the cabinet of Franz von Papen
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Career landmark: Minister President of Prussia (1932–1933).
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Career landmark: Federal Minister of Defence (1932–1933).
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1930· 1 entry
Was instrumental in the toppling of Hermann Müller's government and the appointment of Heinrich Brüning as Chancellor
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1929· 1 entry
Schleicher came into conflict with Werner von Blomberg, the chief of the Truppenamt (the disguised General Staff)
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1928· 1 entry
Schleicher became head of the Defence Ministry's Office of Ministerial Affairs (Ministeramt) in 1929
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1927· 1 entry
“s Party alone, then Hindenburg should”
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1926· 1 entry
By leaking the fact that Seeckt had invited Prince Wilhelm of Prussia, the former Crown Prince's eldest son, to attend military manoeuvres
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1900· 1 entry
Rose to become a General Staff officer in the Railway Department of the German General Staff and served in the General Staff of the Supreme Army Command during World War I
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1882· 1 entry
Born 1882-04-07.
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