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Franz von Papen
Franz von Papen was a German Catholic conservative politician who was chancellor of Germany in 1932. He deposed the Social Democratic-led government of Prussia in July 1932 and in January 1933 helped persuade President Hindenburg to appoint Adolf Hitler as chancellor, serving as his vice-chancellor. He was later ambassador to Austria and Turkey and was acquitted at Nuremberg in 1946.
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