Word: papen
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Thus Chancellor von Papen hog-tied the Prussian Free State to the German Federal Government but left bald Dr. Braun loose as Premier of Prussia...
...sheer, high-handed awkwardness this arrangement could scarcely be surpassed. It meant the undoing by Chancellor von Papen of his own oratorical efforts to convince the Bavarian Free State that he really has no intention of encroaching on "States rights...
...hand Chancellor von Papen's ousting of the Prussian Cabinet under a decree of President von Hindenburg is annulled and Premier Braun & Ministers are empowered to represent the Government of Prussia. On the other hand the chancellor's appointment under the same Presidential decree of Dr. Franz Bracht as Acting Federal Commissioner to govern the State of Prussia is upheld. In effect the Supreme Court decision recognizes simultaneously two conflicting authorities in Prussia...
Serious Invasions. Since the child (Prussia) obviously had to be put together, President von Hindenburg invited Premier Braun to a consultation at which Chancellor von Papen was present. It ended in a furious quarrel over what the Supreme Court had meant, though the President, the Chancellor and the Premier all professed extreme respect for the Court's hopelessly ambiguous verdict...
Next day Chancellor von Papen tried to absorb the Prussian Cabinet into his Federal Cabinet. He created a Federal Ministry called the "Ministry of Interior of Prussia," and gave it to Dr. Bracht, who has been ruling Prussia as Acting Federal Commissioner. A Dr. Johann Popitz was popped into the State and Federal Cabinets as "Minister of Finance of Prussia." Finally the Federal Minister of Agriculture, Baron Magnus von Braun, added to his titles "Minister of Agriculture of Prussia...