Franz von Papen
Franz von Papen
Franz Joseph Hermann Michael Maria von Papen zu Köningen; 29 October 1879 – 2 May 1969) was a German nobleman, General Staff officer and politician. He served as Chancellor of Germany in 1932 and as Vice-Chancellor under Adolf Hitler in 1933–34. He belonged to the group of close advisers to President Paul von Hindenburg in the late Weimar Republic. It was largely Papen, believing that Hitler could be controlled once he was in the government, who persuaded Hindenburg to appoint Hitler...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth29 October 1879
CountryGermany
Franz von Papen quotes about
Allow me to say how manly and humanly great of you I think this is. Your courageous and firm intervention have met with nothing but recognition throughout the entire world. I congratulate you for all you have given anew to the German nation by crushing the intended second revolution.
The essence of conservative ideology is its being anchored in the divine order of things.