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  • Deutschnationale Volkspartei, originator

    • Title

  • Mehr Macht dem Reichspräsidenten!

  • Physical Description

    1 poster : color, facsimile ; 48 x 72 cm

  • Date

    1932

  • Place of Publication

    Berlin :

  • Notes

    Poster is a reproduction from the book "Anschläge : deutsche Plakate als Dokumente der Zeit, 1900-1960 ; 122 Blatt in den Druck- und Papierfarben der Originale," cataloged in the LBI Library under call number r (f) DD 232.5 A7 1963.

  • Summary

    The poster depicts an illustration of President Paul von Hindenburg as a large figure wearing a dark suit, mustache, and glasses, towering above a paliamentary hall. The politics in the hall leap out of their seats with arms raised. Red fraktur text is at the top and bottom of the image.

  • Depicted

    Hindenburg, Paul von, 1847-1934, depicted

  • Subject

    Political campaigns, Germany; Elections, Germany; Posters, Facsimiles

  • Genre

    Political posters

  • Medium

    Posters, German, 1930-1940

  • Part Of

    Anschläge: Deutsche Plakate als Dokumente der Zeit 1900-1960, r (f) DD 232.5 A7 1963

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Biographical/Historical Information

Reich Chancellor Franz von Papen was not supported by his own party (the Centre, or Zentrum) but by the German National People's Party, or Deutschnationale Volkspartei (DNVP). Papen wanted a constitutional restructuring, wherein the already semi-authoritarian head of state, the "presidential cabinet," would be removed from the control of the Reichstag. These ideas never took precise shape, but they foreshadowed a rising dictatorship in German politics. Papen was removed from his post in 1932 by President Paul von Hindenburg. Determined to return to power, Papen pressured Hindenburg to appoint Hitler as chancellor and Papen as vice-chancellor in 1933, believing that Adolf Hitler could be controlled once he was in the government and the cabinet not under Nazi Party domination. Seeing military dictatorship as the only alternative to a Nazi Party chancellor, Hindenburg consented.

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Citation

Mehr Macht dem Reichspräsidenten!, Leo Baeck Institute, r (f) DD 232.5 A7 1963 [IV.24].