Party domination and State leadership are concepts incompatible with one another.
Franz von Papen Quotes
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.
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| Birth: | 29th October, 1879 |
| Death: | 2nd May, 1969 |
| Nationality: | German |
| Profession: | Army Officer, Diplomat, Politician |
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Franz von Papen was born in Werl, Germany. He was a German politician, diplomat, and army officer. He served as Chancellor of Germany in 1932 and as Vice-Chancellor under Adolf Hitler in 1933–1934. He belonged to the group of close advisers to president Paul von Hindenburg in the late Weimar Republic. He served for a period as a military attendant in the Kaiser's Palace, before joining the German General Staff in March 1913. He entered the diplomatic service in December 1913 as a military attaché to the German ambassador in the United States.
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