Hans-Beimler-Straße (Hans Beimler Street) in the former East Berlin was renamed Otto-Braun-Straße by the Berlin authorities
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Otto Braun
Otto Braun was a politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) during the Weimar Republic. From 1920 to 1932, with only two brief interruptions, Braun was Minister President of the Free State of Prussia. The continuity of personnel in high office resulted in a largely stable government in Prussia, in contrast to the sometimes turbulent politics of the Reich. During his term of office,…
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politics · German politician (1872–1955) · politician · publisher · book printer · social democrat · minister · editing staff · also Otto Braun, Otto Brown, Braun
Born 28 January 1872 · Died 15 December 1955 · Q58667
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1955· 1 entry
Died 1955-12-15.
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1940· 1 entry
Greatly abridged because of Swiss censorship
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1933· 2 entries
Appears to have been primarily out of concern for her
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That Hermann Göring, with Papen's help, secured a new emergency decree from Hindenburg that officially deposed Braun's "sovereign government"
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1932· 1 entry
Neither the Communists nor the National Socialists would support the governing coalition, but neither of them could muster sufficient support to form a government in their own right, and they would not consider working w
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1930· 1 entry
The DNVP and Communists (KPD) introduced a joint motion of no confidence, and in 1931 the Stahlhelm, with the support of the NSDAP, DNVP, DVP and KPD, attempted to pass a popular referendum to remove the government in Pr
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1927· 1 entry
The couple's life was largely confined to the house
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1925· 3 entries
Election lost: 1925 presidential election.
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Campaign: 1925 presidential election.
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Career landmark: Minister President of Prussia (1925–1932).
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1921· 1 entry
Career landmark: Minister President of Prussia (1921–1925).
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1920· 1 entry
Career landmark: Minister President of Prussia (1920–1921).
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1919· 1 entry
And 1920 Braun was a member of the Weimar National Assembly, which was both the new Republic's interim parliament and the body that drafted and adopted the Weimar Constitution
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1918· 1 entry
After the fall of the monarchy, Braun became Prussia's Minister of Agriculture under Minister President Paul Hirsch
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1917· 1 entry
To form the Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (USPD), Braun stayed with the majority in the MSPD
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1915· 1 entry
At the age of 21 as a volunteer in World War I
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1913· 1 entry
Won a seat in the Prussian House of Representatives which he kept until 1933
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1911· 1 entry
Moved up to the Reich Executive Committee of the SPD as chief treasurer where he remained until 1917
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1904· 1 entry
Proceedings were instituted against him and eight other Social Democrats for high treason
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1898· 1 entry
Braun became chairman of the East Prussian SPD and in 1905 assumed his first party office at the Reich level as a member of the Control Commission
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1895· 1 entry
Commenting on discussions in the party about an agrarian program, he said that "for practical agitation the draft offers nothing
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1892· 1 entry
Braun received a two month prison sentence for lèse-majesté
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1888· 1 entry
At the age of 16, Braun became involved with the SPD, which had been banned under the Anti-Socialist Laws of German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck
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1872· 1 entry
Born 1872-01-28.
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