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...Hindenburg then intrusted Herr Von Papen with the government although that cabinet had the confidence of only 10% of the members of the Reichstag. "The price which Hindenburg had to pay for the Nazi's support of Von Papen's cabinet, was that the President would allow the reestablishment of the Brown Shirts troops. These troops had been dissolved by me during the Prussian election," said Bruening, clearing up the question as to why the German President had ever allowed the return of the Storm Troopers...
...story: Socialite Lieut.-Colonel Franz von Papen, onetime German Chancellor and now Minister to Austria, recently prepared a list of Austrian Nazis "who would be acceptable to Realmleader Hitler as the Cabinet of Austria." Such an act was irregular in the extreme, since Nazis and their movement are outlawed in Austria. But von Papen had his orders from Berlin and Adolf Hitler is Austrian-born. Armed with this list, top-hatted, tail-coated Diplomat von Papen arrived at Austria's famed Ballhaus ("White House"), heavy with historic memories of Metternich and the Congress of Vienna. Very small...
...last German who dared to flay the Nazi lunatic fringe was Franz von Papen, and President Paul von Hindenburg sent an Army detachment to guard his life during the ensuing "blood purge" (TIME, July 9, 1934). His career broken, von Papen became Minister to Austria. No sooner had Dr. Schacht spoken this week than Nazi local satraps began blustering against "reactionaries"?i. e. Schacht. All parts of his speech embarrassing to Nazis were omitted from German newsorgans by order of Minister of Propaganda & Public Enlightenment Dr. Paul Josef Goebbels. Sensing the showdown which cannot be put off forever, Germany...
...military entourage that it might be the smart thing to make some sort of deal with Hitler. Finally in January 1933, at the home of Cologne Banker Franz von Schroeder, von Ribbentrop engineered the first meeting of Political Upstart Adolf Hitler and weak, perpetually scheming Lieut.-Colonel Franz von Papen, who had the ear of Hindenburg. Through the chink thus opened Herr Hitler eventually forced his way to power as Chancellor, finally succeeding Hindenburg - and remaining to this day grateful to von Ribbentrop who presently became a General. Last week the two men were closeted in the Realmleader...