Preußenschlag

When

20 Jul 1932

Kind

Coup

Coordinates

52.52° N, 13.38° E

Description

Prussian Coup. During the Weimar Republic the Free State of Prussia was overthrown.

Takeover by German chancellor von Papen

The 1932 Prussian coup d'état or Preußenschlag took place on 20 July 1932, when Reich President Paul von Hindenburg, at the request of Franz von Papen, then Reich Chancellor of Germany, replaced the legal government of the Free State of Prussia with von Papen as Reich Commissioner.

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