Franz Von Papen

• Part 1
  • A. Positions Held By Von Papen.
• Part 2
  • B. As Ex-Reich Chancellor And Prominent Political Leader, Von Papen Used His Personal Influence To Promote The Accession Of The Nazis To Power.
    • B.(1) When von Papen began these efforts he was well aware of the Nazi program and Nazi methods.
  • Part 3
    • B.(1) (continued)
  • Part 4
    • B.(1) (continued)
  • Part 5
    • B.(2) Despite his appreciation of the Nazi menace, von Papen rigorously proceeded to conduct negotiations which resulted in placing Hitler and the Nazi regime in power.
• Part 6
  • C. As Vice-Chancellor, Von Papen Used His Position And Peronsal Influence To Facilitate The Consolidation Of Nazi Control Over Germany.
    • C.(1) In the first critiacal year and a half of Nazi consolidation of control over Germany, von Papen was second only to Hitler in the Cabinet which established the legal basis for furtherance of the Nazi program.
    • C.(2) Von Papen actively participated in the general abolition of civil liberties by promoting legislation which paved the way for the Nazi police state.
    • C.(3) Von Papen actively participated in substitution of the Nazi Cabinet for the Reichstag as Germany's supreme law-giving authority, notwithstanding his doubts as to the advisability of giving Hitler such extensive power.
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    • C.(4) Von Papen not only participated in the seizure by the cabinet of supreme power for the Nazis, but as a member of the cabinet participated in the systematic elimination of all potential enemies of the Nazi conspiracy.
  • Part 8
    • C.(5) To complete its suppression of all rival influences, the Cabinet of which von Papen was a member enacted a series of decrees which strengthened the Nazi movement by conferring upon it a para-governmental status.
    • C.(6) Despite disagreements as to detail, von Papen fundamentally agreed with basic Nazi objectives and publicly endorsed the regime for which he shared responsibilityas Vice Chancellor.
• Part 9
  • D. As Germany's Most Famous Catholic Layman And As Negotiator Of The Vatican Concordat, Von Papen Used His Position And Personal Influence To Participate In The Consolidation Of Nazi Control Over Germany And In Nazi Preparation For Aggression.
    • D.(1) Immediately upon Nazi seizure of Power within Germany, von Papen endeavored to weld German Catholicism into a powerful body of support for the Nazi state.
  • Part 10
    • D.(2) Having achieved initial successes in consolidating Catholic support within Germany, von Papen undertook international consolidation of Nazi-Church relationships by negotiation of a Concordat with the Vatican.
  • Part 11
    • D.(3) The signing of the Concordat was only an interlude in the church policy of the Nazi Conspirators, which was a policy of reassurances and repression.
• Part 12
  • E. As Envoy At Vienna, Von Papen Used His Position And Influence Deliberately To Weaken The Austrian Government, And Participated In The Political Planning And Preparation For Military Aggression Against Austria.
    • E.(1) Von Papen accepted appointment as envoy at Vienna knowing he would 'front' for a Nazi fifth column in Austria.
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    • E.(2) Von Papen proceeded forthwith to accomplish his mission-the maintenance of an outward appearance of non-intervention while keeping appropriate contacts useful in the eventual overthrow of the Austrian government.
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    • E.(3) Conclusion of the Agreement of 11 July 1936 merely constituted another step towards Anschluss.
  • Part 15
    • E.(3) (continued)
• Legal References And List Of Documents Relating To Franz Von Papen
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