Erstellt von Elizabeth Carr
vor mehr als 10 Jahre
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Frage | Antworten |
Background | Recommended as Chancellor by von Schleicher; connections with aristocracy, Catholicism, big business; perceived as weak, inable and easy to influence |
Influence and Power in Weimar Germany | Part of non-party government of national concentration - presidential government dominated by Junkers; was the second most powerful person in Germany whilst Chancellor |
Assistance to the Nazis | To get his own back on von Schleicher, he persuaded Hindenburg to appoint Hitler as Chancellor and himself as Vice-Chancellor; also influenced Hitler's original cabinet position in 1932 |
End of life | Resigned from vice-chancellorship after the Night of Long Knives; became German Ambassador in Austria and Turkey; found not guilty of war crimes in Nuremburg Trials; lived privately until dying aged 90 |
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