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Seldte, Franz
1882 - Born in Magdeburg on the 29th of June.
1918 - On the 25th of December, he founded the Stahlhelm, Bund der Frontsoldaten and became its leader. However, he had a number of arguments with its acting leader Theodor Duesterberg.
1931 - He together with Alfred Hugenberg and Adolf Hitler, helped create the Harzburg Front, an alliance against the Heinrich Brüning government.
1933 - In April, he joined the National Socialist German Workers Party and integrated the Stahlhelm into the Sturmabteilung.
- In August, he became an SA-Obergruppenführer and later was a Reichskommissar for the Freiwilligen Arbeitsdienst.
1934 - In March, he was made leader of the German League of Front Fighters, an organization, however, that was soon disbanded.
1935 - He requested to be released from official responsibilities, but Hitler refused.
1945 - Seldte remained, without substantial power, when he became a member of the government as the Prussian Arbeitsminister.
- He was arrested at the end of the war and died in a US military hospital at Fürth, before being arraigned on charges.
1947 - Died on the 1st of April.
1918 - On the 25th of December, he founded the Stahlhelm, Bund der Frontsoldaten and became its leader. However, he had a number of arguments with its acting leader Theodor Duesterberg.
1931 - He together with Alfred Hugenberg and Adolf Hitler, helped create the Harzburg Front, an alliance against the Heinrich Brüning government.
1933 - In April, he joined the National Socialist German Workers Party and integrated the Stahlhelm into the Sturmabteilung.
- In August, he became an SA-Obergruppenführer and later was a Reichskommissar for the Freiwilligen Arbeitsdienst.
1934 - In March, he was made leader of the German League of Front Fighters, an organization, however, that was soon disbanded.
1935 - He requested to be released from official responsibilities, but Hitler refused.
1945 - Seldte remained, without substantial power, when he became a member of the government as the Prussian Arbeitsminister.
- He was arrested at the end of the war and died in a US military hospital at Fürth, before being arraigned on charges.
1947 - Died on the 1st of April.
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Related Books
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Dauerfeuer (His Der vater aller Dinge. 2. Bd) by Franz Seldte (Unknown Binding - May 17, 2008) |
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M.G.K. by Franz Seldte (Hardcover - May 17, 2008) |
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