Jan 29, 2023 · Otto Wels was a German politician who was the leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) during the rise of the Nazi Party in the early 1930s. He is known for his strong opposition to the persecution of the Jews and other minority groups by the Nazis and the government's suppression of civil liberties.

Otto Wels was the only member of parliament to openly speak out against the Law that made Hitler Dictator,and he doesnt get enough recognition for that. Archived post. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast.

Nov 16, 2017 · Yea, it made sense at Launch to just shove them in as rulers since most countries didn't even have a unique portrait back then. But I think Thalmann and one of the pre-Nazi Democrats (Wels makes sense, but no one really stands out so it could be someone else) Are better then the West/East Germany leaders IMO. At least for a united Germany.

Aug 15, 2017 · Otto Wels did not live to see the end of the Nazi Regime himself and died in exile but for example Kurt Schumacher endured a decade of imprisonment and abuse to survive and re-found the SPD after the war. Doing the right thing can …

Sep 5, 2021 · If Wels plays his cards correctly however, Schumacher will easily win the leadership of the SPD when Wels dies, and bring the country forwards under his own direction. Additionally, just months before Wels, Marshal Groener will pass away, having chosen Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord as his successor as chief of the OHL. Hammerstein, unlike Groener ...

Jun 1, 2016 · HI&RM Franz Joseph I and HI&RH Archduke Otto, his great-grandnephew and 2nd in line to the throne after 1914, in 1914. Otto was actually named Franz Joseph Otto and would have been probably destined to rule as "Franz Joseph II" if he had become Emperor and King. Otto died in 2012. [4217 × 5779]

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Sep 5, 2021 · The Groener-Wels Pact The most senior of the three potential successors to Ludendorff, Wilhelm Groener’s plan for Germany may initially place him to the left of his colleagues. Groener wishes to allow the SPD into power to put in place the necessary reforms to bring Germany out of the Collapse and renew public support for the military government.

May 7, 2022 · Otto Wels, in 1933 he was the only member of the Reichstag to publicly speak out against the passage of the Enabling Act, the law which gave Hitler absolute power in Germany and he did so while surrounded by armed Nazi SA members

Sep 2, 2019 · Otto Wels, the MP to give the last free speech in German parliament before Hitler seized power, saying "You may take our freedom and our lives - but you can't take our honour" (1933).