Kurt von Schleicher Biography and Timeline

Birth of Kurt von Schleicher

Birth of Kurt von Schleicher

Role range: 1919-1933

Subultern

Appointed Subaltern in von Hindenburgs old regiment

Captain

Appointed Captainn the General Staff

Freikorps

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

Black Reichswehr

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

Head of Ministeramt

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

Role range: 1919-1933

Alliance German Army and Nazi Party

Allies the Army with the Nazi Party

Role range: 1919-1933

NSDAP

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

Role range: 1919-1933

Alliance Kurt von Schleicher and the Nazis

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

Role range: 1919-1933

Chancellor

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

Role range: 1932-1933

Election

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

Role range: 1932-1933

Chancellor

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

Role range: 1919-1933 – 1932-1933

Querfront

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

Role range: 1919-1933 – 1932-1933

Resignation of Franz von Papen

Deserts Papen & asks for Hindenburg to force his resignation

Role range: 1919-1933

Chancellor

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

Role range: 1932-1933

Alliance Kurt von Schleicher and Gregor Strasser

Splitting the Nazis under Gregor Strasser fails

Role range: 1919-1933

Dismissal

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

Role range: 1919-1933

Election

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

Role range: 1919-1933

Election

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

Role range: 1919-1933

Restoration

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

Role range: 1919-1933

Assassination of Kurt von Schleicher

Assassinated during the Night of the Long Knives

Role range: 1933-1945

Death of Kurt von Schleicher

Assassinated during the Night of the Long Knives

Role range: 1933-1945

Purge

Executed by one of Goerings death squads in Berlin

Role range: 1933-1945