Otto Karl Gessler (or Geßler) (6 February 1875 – 24 March 1955) was a liberal German politician during the Weimar Republic. From 1910 until 1914, he was...

Franz Sperr as well as the former Weimar Reich ministers and DDP members Otto Geßler and Eduard Hamm. Many former members of the DDP and Radical Democratic...

executive power to Otto Gessler. After General Otto von Lossow, who was in command of the Reichswehr troops in Bavaria, refused to act on Gessler's order to ban...

Reichsmarine Chief Hans Zenker on 30 September 1928, it led Reichswehr Minister Otto Gessler to resign. In early 1923 Captain Walter Lohmann, who had acquired international...

American baseball player Otto Gessler (1875–1955), German politician Magdalena Gessler (born 1953), Polish restaurateur Scott Gessler (born 1965), American...

successor as Reichspräsident, appointed Groener as the successor of Otto Geßler as Minister of Defence on 20 January 1928, a post he held until 1932...

lacking in energy dealing with the putsch. He resigned on 22 March 1920. Otto Gessler succeeded him. Noske would be the last Social Democrat in this position...

Reichsmarine. From 1925 to 1926 he served as adjutant to the Minister of War Otto Gessler. In 1932 Schniewind became captain of the light cruiser Köln. In 1934...

Maximilian von Waechter 1867–1891: Otto Freiherr von Stromer 1892–1913: Georg Ritter von Schuh (FVP) 1913–1919: Otto Geßler (FVP) 1920–1933: Hermann Luppe...

changes to social and economic policies. General Reinhardt also resigned. Otto Gessler succeeded Noske; von Seeckt became Chef der Heeresleitung. The demands...

thought that he had not been tough enough facing up to the putschists; Otto Gessler succeeded Noske as Defence Minister. General Reinhardt also resigned...

cabinet stayed on as a caretaker government under the leadership of Otto Gessler until 17 May, when Wilhelm Marx of the Centre Party formed a new government...

throughout Germany and transferred executive power to Minister of Defense Otto Gessler. Kahr refused to carry out his orders, such as banning the Nazi Party...

of Ministers (Ministerrat), or Prime Minister, in 1964 after the death of Otto Grotewohl. However, he had been serving as acting chairman of the council...

sitting was in fact held on that day, but owing to the non-arrival of Otto Gessler, the German minister of defense, it was not possible to proceed with...

Gersdorff General Survived 1980 Eugen Gerstenmaier Theologian Survived 1986 Otto Gessler Minister of Defence Survived 1955 Hans Bernd Gisevius Diplomat Survived...

who had a large number of contacts among the Right. Defence Minister Otto Gessler had made such contacts illegal in February 1923, and some Reichswehr...

architects of the currency reform, stayed on as minister of Finance. Otto Gessler and Heinrich Brauns had held their posts since 1920. Rudolf Oeser and...

Besatzungen der Luftschiffe) was donated in 1920 by Reichswehr Minister Otto Gessler. There were two versions for Army and Navy airships. Upon request, it...

meeting with the cabinet, and to the resignation of Reichswehr Minister Otto Gessler. As a result of the scandal, which the cabinet kept under wraps as much...

to become a heavy burden on the Republic. Whereas Reichswehr Minister Otto Gessler was content with limited political and administrative duties during his...

(equivalent to 15% of the inhabitants), although Minister of Defence Otto Gessler had forbidden the participation of Reichswehr units. Among the guests...

Order, the industrialist Carl Duisberg, as well as the former ministers Otto Gessler and Gustav Noske. Hitler was hesitant to run given Hindenburg's popularity...

cabinet rather than the four they wanted, and requested that the DDP allow Otto Gessler stay on as Reichswehr minister even if the DDP did not formally take...

protect the reputation of Switzerland and its (often stolen) riches. Otto Gessler, the highly secretive leader of the Council (whom Peterson has never...

Although the DDP was not a member of the coalition, Luther was able to keep Otto Gessler at the Reichswehrministerium. When Ebert died on 28 February, Luther...

Sturmabteilung (SA) President of the German Red Cross In office 1 December 1933 – 1945 Preceded by Joachim von Winterfeldt-Menkin [de] Succeeded by Otto Gessler...

support Simons and Wilhelm Marx while the DDP refused to support Jares. Otto Gessler was proposed as a compromise candidate, but this failed. Most right-wing...

was willing to support the new cabinet only if the DDP agreed to keep Otto Gessler (DDP) in office as Reichswehr minister. Luther was able to get an agreement...

against the state governments of Saxony and Thuringia. On 23 October, Otto Gessler ordered the Reichswehr to move into both states. In Thuringia, the militias...