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Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler was the German Chancellor from 1933 to 1945 and Führer of Germany from 1934 until 1945. He was also the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party and is considered the effective founder of Nazism. Hitler gained power during Germany's period of crisis following World War I. Using propaganda and charismatic oratory, he appealed to the economic needs of the lower and middle classes, while sounding resonant chords of nationalism, antisemitism, and anti-communism. More »
Chancellor of Germany
The head of government of Germany is called Chancellor . In German politics the position is somewhat equivalent to that of a Prime Minister in other countries. At various points in time, the full term has been Imperial Chancellor or Federal Chancellor . The latter term is current. Although it is sometimes thought, the Chancallor is ''not'' Germany's head of state, which is the President of Germany. The current Chancellor of Germany is Angela Merkel, who was elected in 2005. More »
Konrad Adenauer
Konrad Hermann Josef Adenauer , January 5, 1876 – April 19, 1967) was a German statesman. Although his political career spanned 60 years, beginning as early as 1906, he is most noted for his role as the first Chancellor of West Germany from 1949–1963 and chairman of the Christian Democratic Union from 1950 to 1966. He was the oldest chancellor ever to serve Germany, leaving at the age of 87. More »
Paul von Hindenburg
Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg , known universally as Paul von Hindenburg was a German field marshal and statesman. Hindenburg enjoyed a long if undistinguished career in the Prussian army, eventually retiring in 1913. He was recalled at the outbreak of the First World War, and first came to national attention, at the age of sixty-six, as the victor at Tannenberg in 1914. As Germany's supreme commander from 1916, he and his chief of staff, Erich Ludendorff,... More »
July 20 Plot
The July 20 Plot was an attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler, the dictator of Germany, on July 20 1944. It was the culmination of the efforts of the German Resistance to overthrow the Nazi regime. Its failure led to the arrest of more than 5,000 people, to the execution of about 200 people and the destruction of the resistance movement. More »
Karl Marx
Karl Heinrich Marx was a Prussian philosopher, political economist, and revolutionary. Marx addressed a wide range of issues; he is most famous for his analysis of history, summed up in the opening line of the introduction to the ''Communist Manifesto'' : "The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles." Marx believed that capitalism would be replaced by socialism which in turn would bring upon communism. Marx was both a scholar and a political activist,... More »
Willy Brandt
Willy Brandt, born Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm , was a German politician, Chancellor of West Germany 1969 – 1974, and leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany 1964 – 1987. Because resistance from the opposition kept much of Brandt's domestic program from being implemented, his most important legacy is the ''Ostpolitik'', a policy aimed at improving relations with East Germany, Poland, and the Soviet Union. This policy caused considerable controversy in West Germany, but won... More »
Kurt von Schleicher
was a German general and the last Chancellor of Germany during the era of the Weimar Republic. More »
Ludwig Erhard
:''"Erhard" redirects here. For the saint of this name, see Saint Erhard.'' Ludwig Erhard was a German politician and Chancellor of West Germany from 1963 until 1966. More »
Helmut Schmidt
Helmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt is a German Social Democratic politician. He was the Chancellor of West Germany from 1974 to 1982, as well as Minister of Defence and Minister of Finance. He also served briefly as Minister of Economics and as acting Foreign Minister. More »
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