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| | Franz von Papen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | Franz von Papen (October 29, 1879–May 2, 1969) was a German politician and diplomat associated with the Centre Party. |
 | | Papen used his personal ties with the aged Von Hindenburg to persuade the President, who had previously vowed never to allow Hitler to become Chancellor, to fire Schleicher and appoint Hitler to the post on January 30, 1933. |
 | | Von Papen was arrested and put under house arrest for three days but his secretary, Herbert von Bose, and his speech writer, Edgar Julius Jung, were murdered. |
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