The Preußenschlag, or "Prussian coup", was one of the major steps towards the destruction of the German Weimar Republic (1919-33) and the rise of Adolf Hitler to power. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The term Weimar Republic ( ˈvaɪmarɐ repuˈbliːk is used by historians to signify the democratic and Republican period of Germany from 1919 to 1933 Hi and welcome to Wikipedia! Please understand that this article is frequently vandalized and vandalism is reverted immediately On July 20, 1932, Reichspräsident Paul von Hindenburg issued an emergency decree which dismissed the cabinet of the Free State of Prussia, the largest German state. Events 1304 - Wars of Scottish Independence: Fall of Stirling Castle - King Edward I of England takes the last rebel stronghold Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. The Reichspräsident was the German Head of state during the period of the 1919-1934 Weimar Republic and the title was later briefly revived Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg ( known universally as Paul von Hindenburg ( ( October 2, 1847 &ndash August 2 Article 48 was an article in the constitution of the Weimar Republic of Germany ( 1919 &ndash 1933) that allowed the Chancellor to rule Germany (Deutschland is a Federal Republic consisting of sixteen States, known in German as Länder (singular
The pretense for this measure was violent unrest which was occurring in some areas of Prussia and the alleged inability of the Prussian government to handle the matter. The main trigger was a shootout between SA demonstrators and communists in Altona, then belonging to the Prussian Province of Schleswig-Holstein, on 17 July 1932, thenceforth known as the "Bloody Sunday of Altona" (Altonaer Blutsonntag), which claimed 18 lives. The, abbreviated SA, ( German for "Assault detachment" or "Assault section" usually translated as " stormtroop(ers Altona (ˈaltona is the westernmost urban borough ( Bezirk) of the German city state of Hamburg, on the right bank of the Elbe The Province of Schleswig-Holstein (Provinz Schleswig-Holstein was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia and the Free State of Prussia from 1868 to Events 180 - Twelve inhabitants of Scillium in North Africa are executed for being Christians Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar.
The true reason, however, was that the Prussian government, headed by Ministerpräsident Otto Braun, with authority over the powerful Prussian police force, was one of the last major republican forces against Reichskanzler Franz von Papen. A minister-president (Ministerpräsident is the Head of government in a number of European countries or subnational governments who presides over the council of ministers This article is about the Prime Minister of Prussia For the Geman Communist and once the Comintern military adviser to the Chinese Commmunist revolution see Otto Braun (Li De The Head of government of Germany is called Chancellor (Kanzler (29 October 1879 2 May 1969 was a German nobleman Catholic monarchist Politician, General Staff officer and Diplomat
The move was further facilitated by the unstable situation of the Prussian government. The government coalition of Social Democrats, Centre Party and liberal German Democratic Party had lost its majority in the recent elections to the Prussian Landtag (state parliament), but remained in office, as no alternative majority could be formed. The German Centre Party ( Deutsche Zentrumspartei or merely Zentrum) was a Catholic political party in Germany during the Kaiserreich The German Democratic Party, or Deutsche Demokratische Partei (DDP was founded by leaders of the former Progressive People's Party (Fortschrittliche Preußischer Landtag or Prussian Landtag was the Prussian diet which existed from the 15th century to the 20th century in various forms and states in the TalkParliament#Screen-size. -->A parliament is a Legislature, especially in those The opposition, mainly comprised of Communists and National Socialists could not cooperate with each other or with other parties. The Communist Party of Germany ( German Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands &ndash KPD) was a major political party in Germany between 1918 The, officially National Socialist German Workers' Party, ( abbreviated NSDAP) was a Political party in Germany between 1919 and 1945
Papen lacked majority support in the Reichstag. The Reichstag ( German for "Imperial Diet " was the Parliament of the Holy Roman Empire, the North German Confederation, His only means to govern was through presidential emergency powers and the decrees issued by the senile Hindenburg, on whom Papen had great influence. Papen and his supporters, mostly right-wing nationalists and monarchists (his cabinet, packed with aristocrats, was dubbed "Kabinett der Barone" ("cabinet of the barons"), loathed the democratic system established by the Weimar constitution and aimed to replace it by an authoritarian regime. For a detailed discussion of the English translation of Reich, see Reich. The emergency decree of July 20 declared Papen Reichskommissar (Reich Commissioner) for Prussia, which vested in him all the competences of the Prussian ministries and thus gave him direct control over the Prussian authorities. Events 1304 - Wars of Scottish Independence: Fall of Stirling Castle - King Edward I of England takes the last rebel stronghold
The Preußenschlag was later declared partially unconstitutional by the German Staatsgerichtshof (Constitutional Court), but only in so far as the formal existence of the Prussian cabinet was concerned. A constitutional court is a high court that deals primarily with Constitutional law. The transfer of power to Papen was upheld, while the cabinet retained the right to represent Prussia in the Reichsrat. The Reichsrat was one of the two legislative bodies in Germany under the Weimar constitution, the other one being the Reichstag.
Prussia remained under direct administration of the federal government until April 1933, when the Prussian parliament, now controlled by the Nazis elected Hermann Göring as Ministerpräsident. Gleichschaltung, meaning "coordination" "making the same" "bringing into line" is a Nazi term for the process by which the Hermann Wilhelm Göring (also spelled Goering) (12 January 1893 15 October 1946 was a German Politician, Military leader and a leading member However, under Hitler's rule, German states were stripped of all genuine powers and were reduced to mere administrative units, so Göring's post was largely ceremonial. The state of Prussia was finally dissolved by the Allies after the end of World War II. The Allies of World War II were the countries officially opposed to the Axis powers during the Second World War. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including
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- Lexikon der deutschen Geschichte – Ploetz, Verlag Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau, Österreich 2001 (German)