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FlashCards por Elizabeth Carr, atualizado more than 1 year ago
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Criado por Elizabeth Carr
mais de 10 anos atrás
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| Questão | Responda |
| 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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