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The 1932 Prussian coup d'état or Preußenschlag (German pronunciation: [ˈpʁɔʏsənˌʃlaːk]) took place on 20 July 1932, when Reich President Paul von Hindenburg, at the request of Franz von Papen, then Reich Chancellor of Germany, replaced the legal government of the Free State of Prussia with von Papen as Reich Commissioner.
The 1932 Prussian coup d'état or Preußenschlag took place on 20 July 1932, when Reich President Paul von Hindenburg, at the request of Franz von Papen, then Reich Chancellor of Germany, replaced the legal government of the Free State of Prussia with von Papen as Reich Commissioner.
After the 1932 Prussian coup d'état, which replaced Prussia's legal government by Franz von Papen as Reich Commissioner, the Ministry of Welfare in its old form was dissolved. At the same time, the Minister of Trade also became the Minister of Economics and Labor.
Prussian coup d'état of 1932. The first major step towards the abolition of the German federal system was taken on 20 July 1932 with the so-called Prussian coup d'état.
Jan 25, 2024 · Coup d'etat in Prussia paved the way. In 1932, the German federal government — dominated by right-wing aristocrats — used the emergency powers provision of the Weimar constitution to replace the...
- David Dyzenhaus
Spontaneous resistance arose in the Prussian provinces rather than in the capital in support of assembly. When on November 15, at its last session, the assembly decided to refuse to pay taxes, i.e. to call for a tax strike, the movement became still more powerful.
Sep 21, 2020 · This chapter explores the normative background for the Weimar Republic’s demise, paying particular attention to the shortcomings in the Weimar Constitution (governance by presidential emergency decrees, based on Article 48; and the absence of a constitutional court with clear competencies for judicial review) that abetted democracy’s collapse.
