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Election

Germany · Politics / Catholic Centre Party. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1932

Franz von Papen31 July 1932

Politics / Catholic Centre Party

The general elections yield major gains for the KPD and the Nazis, who win 37.2% of the vote, supplanting the Social Democrats as the largest party in the Reichstag. Supports Hindenburg during the Presidential elections rather than his own party

Names involved

Franz von Papen

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