Kurt von Schleicher Biography

Birth of Kurt von Schleicher

Appointed Subaltern in von Hindenburgs old regiment

Appointed Captainn the General Staff

The term is used for the paramilitary organisations that sprang up around Germany as soldiers returned in defeat from World War I. The Freikorps were the brainchild of Major Kurt von Schleicher, the Freikorps were also called the "Black Reichswehr" (Black Army) for they were a secret army outside the bounds of the Versailles Treaty

The Freikorps were the brainchild of Major Kurt von Schleicher, the Freikorps were also called the "Black Reichswehr" (Black Army) for they were a secret army outside the bounds of the Versailles Treaty

Liaises between the armed services & other ministries. Appointed Head of the Ministeramt within the Ministry of Defence

Allies the Army with the Nazi Party

Removes the prohibition on Nazi enlistment. Allows Nazis to work in arsenals & supply depots

Tries to split the NAZIs by appointing Strasser as his Vice Chancellor

Agrees a Presidential Cabinet of Hindenburgs choosing & dissolution of the Reichstag. Agrees a deal with the Nazis to lift the ban on the SA

Elections yield 33.1% for the Nazis, dropping 2 million voters, Franz von Papen steps down, and is succeeded by General Kurt von Schleicher as Reichskanzler

Elections yield 33.1% for the Nazis, dropping 2 million voters, Franz von Papen steps down, and is succeeded by General Kurt von Schleicher as Reichskanzler

Schleicher hopes to attain a majority in the Reichstag by forming a so-called Querfront, meaning "cross-front," whereby he would unify Germany's fractious special interests around a non-parliamentary, authoritarian but participatory regime. Appointed Chancellor of Germany

Schleicher hopes to attain a majority in the Reichstag by forming a so-called Querfront, meaning "cross-front," whereby he would unify Germany's fractious special interests around a non-parliamentary, authoritarian but participatory regime

Deserts Papen & asks for Hindenburg to force his resignation

Splitting the Nazis under Gregor Strasser fails

Unknown to Schleicher, Papen was holding secret meetings with both Hitler and Hindenburg, who then refused Schleichers request for emergency powers and another dissolution of the Reichstag. The President dismisses Schleicher, calling Hitler into power on 30 January 1933. Resigns when Hindenburg refuses to proclaim a national emergency & call elections

Resigns when Hindenburg refuses to proclaim a national emergency & call elections

The Nazis win Lippe & create a crisis in the Schleicher Government

Instrumental in attempts to negotiate the return of the House of Hohenzollern

Assassinated during the Night of the Long Knives

Assassinated during the Night of the Long Knives

Executed by one of Goerings death squads in Berlin