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Papen found other allies. There was Hindenburg's "notoriously lazy" son, Oscar, who "enjoyed parties in a slow way." And there was Dr. Otto Meissner who "was to have the unique distinction of having served Socialist Ebert, Field Marshal Hindenburg and Adolf Hitler in the same confidential capacity, giving the same satisfaction to all three...
...Presidential secretary, Meissner "served as a kind of second memory to the Chief of State," whose own memory tended more & more to wander. Once a Reichstag member strolled into the President's office, munching a sandwich. He put the sandwich wrapper on the table. "My God," shouted Meissner, "get that paper off the table before the Old Gentleman comes in here and signs...
Heinrich Lammers, Dr. Otto Meissner, Count von Neurath...
...most guests the reception was chiefly important because it revealed that Dr. Otto Meissner is still firmly entrenched as "the Sphinx of the Wilhelmstrasse." This amazing German has been personal State Secretary to every head of the Fatherland since the abdication of Wilhelm II. He was a "Socialist" with President Ebert, a Nationalist with President von Hindenburg and today he seems to be a Nazi with Realmleader Hitler. When stories of German intrigue are spun one of the chief characters is always Meissner. He is supposed to have "made" half the post-War chancellors of the Reich. When Nazis broke...
...than usual by his prostate, the 86-year-old Reichsprasident was at his country estate at Neudeck in East Prussia attended by physicians so numerous that they were called a "major medical council." There were rumors that Old Paul was dead, promptly denied by his State Secretary Dr. Otto Meissner. Forty-eight hours after the shooting began the Hitler Government released two telegrams calculated to set all doubts at rest...