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Kurt Ferdinand Friedrich Hermann von Schleicher ( pronounced [ˈkʊʁt fɔn ˈʃlaɪçɐ] ⓘ; 7 April 1882 – 30 June 1934) [1] was a German general and the penultimate chancellor of Germany during the Weimar Republic. A rival for power with Adolf Hitler, Schleicher was murdered by Hitler's SS during the Night of the Long Knives in 1934.
Apr 5, 2024 · Kurt von Schleicher was a German army officer and the last chancellor of the Weimar Republic, an opponent of Adolf Hitler in 1932–33. Joining the German military in 1900, Schleicher attached himself to the newly created Reichswehr in 1919 and by 1929 was a major general in charge of an office in.
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Kurt von Schleicher (1882-1934) was the last man to be German Chancellor during the Weimar Republic, the era before the rise to the Chancellorship of Adolf Hitler. As one of Germany’s most prominent generals in the years after World War I, he exercised considerable power.
Kurt von Schleicher. (© Bundesarchiv, Bild 136-B0228 / Foto: Tellgmann) 1882-1934. German officer, last rank: General of the Infantry. Chancellor from 1932 to 1933.
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Kurt Ferdinand Friedrich Hermann von Schleicher was a German general and the penultimate chancellor of Germany during the Weimar Republic. A rival for power with Adolf Hitler, Schleicher was murdered by Hitler's SS during the Night of the Long Knives in 1934.
Kurt von Schleicher, 1882–1934, German general. A leading Reichswehr (army) figure after World War I, Schleicher wielded great power in the years before Adolf Hitler came to power (1933). He was war minister in the cabinet of Franz von Papen, whom he succeeded as chancellor of Germany in Dec., 1932.
