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1879–1969 Germany

Franz Joseph Hermann Michael Maria von Papen (29 October 1879 – 2 May 1969) was a German nobleman, Catholic politician, General Staff officer, and diplomat, who served as Chancellor of Germany (Reichskanzler) in 1932. The central role that Papen played in Hitler's appointment as Chancellor in January 1933 was reflected by Papen's indictment at the Nuremberg War Crimes Trial, though he was acquitted on formal reasons, the tribunal deciding that his "political immoralities" were not under its jurisdiction.

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Also known as: Franz von papen, Papen, Franz von, Von Papen

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The hope in the hearts of millions of national socialists can be fulfilled only by an authoritarian government.

It is to be hoped that the leaders of this movement will place the nation above the party.

Names and individuals are unimportant when Germany's final fate is at stake.

We decline the claim to power by parties which want to own their followers body and soul, and which want to put themselves over and above the whole nation.

You are mistaken. We've hired him.

In the interest of the entire nation we decline the claim to power by parties which want to own their followers body and soul, and which want to put themselves, as a party or a movement, over and above the whole nation.

But Hitler didn't strive for the annihilation of the Jews - he stressed that fact in public life and in the newspapers. Hitler merely said at the beginning that Jewish influence was too great, that of all the lawyers in Berlin, eighty percent were Jewish. Hitler thought that a small percentage of the people, the Jews, should not be allowed to control the theater, cinema, radio, et cetera.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Franz von Papen (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.