Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg (pronounced [ˈpaʊl ˈluːtvɪç hans ˈantoːn fɔn ˈbɛnəkn̩dɔʁf ʔʊnt fɔn ˈhɪndn̩bʊʁk] ; abbreviated...

other Freikorps awards were declared obsolete with World War I service thereafter recognized by a single award, known as the Honour Cross. Freikorps awards...

Armed Forces Department and was a close advisor to President Paul von Hindenburg from 1926 onward. Following the appointment of his mentor Wilhelm Groener...

von Papen and other conservative leaders convinced President Paul von Hindenburg to appoint Hitler as chancellor on 30 January 1933. Shortly thereafter...

the presidential cabinets. From March 1930 onwards, President Paul von Hindenburg used emergency powers to back Chancellors Heinrich Brüning, Franz von...

The SA evolved out of the remnants of the Freikorps movement of the post-World War I years. The Freikorps were nationalistic organizations primarily...

1920 against the Ruhr uprising in the demilitarised Rhineland – to the Freikorps, which continued to operate even though it had been officially disbanded...

within the Reichswehr and by many paramilitary organizations including the Freikorps. It would see usage by right-wing conservative and liberal political parties...

thus it co-operated with the Supreme Command and the Freikorps. The brutal actions of the Freikorps during the various revolts estranged many left democrats...

Leader and Chancellor of the Reich) after the death of President Paul von Hindenburg in 1934 and the subsequent merging of the offices of Reichspräsident and...

captain in the Reichswehr and provided assistance to Franz Ritter von Epp's Freikorps. In 1919, Röhm joined the German Workers' Party, the precursor of the...

lobbied for Hindenburg's appointment as Supreme Commander as well as his own promotion to First Quartermaster General. Once he and Hindenburg had established...

forces. 18 April: Freikorps suppress communists in Brunswick. 27 April: Battle for Munich occurs between Communists and Freikorps units. 2 May: City...

Papen took command of a Freikorps unit to protect Catholicism from the "Red marauders". Impressed with his leadership of his Freikorps unit, Papen was urged...

Black Reichswehr — another name for the Freikorps system 'black' soldiers — the ex-soldiers involved in Freikorps units Bonzen — bosses; slang term for...

was to be confined to no more than 100,000 men. Similar to the numerous Freikorps, which upon the Revolution of 1918–1919 were temporarily backed by the...

assassinations by and confrontations between right-wing groups such as the Freikorps (sometimes in collusion with the state), and left-wing organisations such...

screenwriter. He was a Weimar-era national-revolutionary activist and right-wing Freikorps member. He was born in Kiel, in the Prussian province of Schleswig-Holstein...

leadership of the military under General Wilhelm Groener and the right-wing Freikorps. With their help, Ebert's government[clarification needed] crushed a number...

himself and Hindenburg. Normally, during wartime an armistice is negotiated between the military commanders of the hostile forces, but Hindenburg and Ludendorff...

regular troops and Freikorps led by Gustav Noske bloodily suppressed the uprising.: 163  On January 15, members of the Freikorps "Garde-Kavallerie-Schützendivision"...

of the demoralised German soldiers were being withdrawn from Latvia, a Freikorps unit called the "Iron Division" (German: Eiserne Division) was formed...

forces and Freikorps units to end the uprising. Around 165 people lost their lives. A few days later, on 15 January 1919, members of the Freikorps...

the war, he and his brother became members of Franz Ritter von Epp's Freikorps. He joined the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in 1920 and quickly became an influential...

German nationalist Freikorps leader during the Weimar Republic. As head of the Marine Brigade Ehrhardt, he was among the best-known Freikorps leaders in the...

extremist German nationalist ("Völkisch nationalist"), racist and populist Freikorps paramilitary culture, which fought against communist uprisings in post–World...

and forces of the Council of the People's Deputies, with support from Freikorps units, breaks out in Berlin and is defeated. 15 January: Rosa Luxemburg...

People's Party (DNVP). The term was also applied to Reich President Paul von Hindenburg, lord of Neudeck in West Prussia, and to the "camarilla" around him urging...

re-election of Paul von Hindenburg, calling him a "venerate historical personality" and "the keeper of the constitution". Hindenburg was re-elected against...

Several independent paramilitary Freikorps units were formed from the remnants of the German Imperial Army. The German Freikorps units often did not obey orders...