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  • German government
    • 1928-30 Muller Government
      • once Muller's (SPD led) 'Grand Coalition' had got the Young Plan through Reichstag - Hindenburg began looking to replace him
        • unlike old coalition this one inc SPD - aim was to get Young Plan through Reichstag (1929)
          • Wall Street crash meant that more ppl were claiming unemployment benefits - employment insurance crisis - divide in coaltion - SPD (WC supp) didn't wanna cut benefits - DVP did - industrialist said it was too pricy
      • gov divided on measures of how to deal with depression
      • March 1930 - Muller resigned when Hindenburg ref to use Article 48 to supp his gov
        • last coalition gov with working majority in reichstag - end of effective parliamentary gov
    • 1930-2 Bruning Government
      • March 1930 - Hindenbug (Schleicher push) elected Bruning Chancellor - formed RW gov w/out majority in Reichstag
      • July - Reichstag rejected gov finance bill - ARTICLE 48 - Reichtag demanded bill withdrawal - Hindenburg dissolves Reichtag - Bruning hopes to get more supp in new reichstag
      • Sep 1930 election - extremist gains impacted working of Reichstag
      • 1932 managed to get reparations suspended due to worsening economic state
        • did little to reduce impact of slump - unemployment rise
      • April 1932 - banned ** + SA to reduce street violence
        • Schleicher withdrew supp from Bruning - opp to Nazis wrong? Hind withdrew supp for A.48 and Bruning forced to resign May 1932
    • May-Dec 1932 Papen Government
      • May 1932 - Hind asked Papen (Sch influence) to form a non-party gov that only consisted of elites/'barons' - gov had no reichstag membs
      • July 1932 - Papen's s=coup against Prussia - using A.48 - led to a coalition gov in Prussia - big blow to German democracy
        • 1932 - lift ban on SA
      • July 1932 election - Hindenburg's dissolving of Reichstag + call for election led to extremist gains - Hitler won 37% of vote = demanded to be chancellor but hind ref.
        • Industrial leaders (e.g Schacht) asked for a gov led by Hitler - Papen wanted to keep chancellorship - proposed to replace Reichstag and use army to suppress opp = authoritarian const
    • Dec 1932-Jan 1933 Schleicher Gov
      • Dec1932 - persuaded Hind to dismiss Papen and app himself
      • Made Nazi Gregor Strasser Vice-Chancellor - developed Bruning's land schemes - failed to win support of left + elite
      • Papen + Hitler intrigued against Schleicher - if Hitler became Chancellor, Papen would be Vice-Chancellor
      • elite favoured Hitler-Papen gov
    • Jan 1933 - Hitler become Chancellor
      • Hindenburg refused to back Sch's request to rule by decree + suspend further elections
      • Hitler gains support of the army - Hindenburg elects him Chancellor

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