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Germany [r]: Federal republic in central Europe (population c. 82.4 million; capital Berlin), with the North Sea, Denmark and the Baltic Sea to the north; Poland and the Czech Republic to the east; Switzerland and Austria to the south; and France, Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands to the west; founding member of the European Union. ^[e]

Friedrich Ebert [r]: Add brief definition or description
Paul von Hindenburg [r]: (1847-1934) German Field Marshal in WWI, Chief of Staff and then Chief of the Army with Erich Ludendorff as principal deputy; told Wilhelm II he had to abdicate; President of Germany 1925-1934, replaced by Adolf Hitler only after death due to his popularity ^[e]

Gustav Stresemann [r]: Add brief definition or description
Hermann Mueller [r]: Add brief definition or description
Franz von Papen [r]: (1879 - 1969) Ex-Reichswehr, Catholic Center Party, Herrenklub, Chancellor (1932-33), Vice Chancellor; under house arrest during Night of the Long Knives; Ambassador to Austria before Anschluss; acquitted of war crimes in Nuremberg Trials ^[e]
Kurt von Schleicher [r]: (1881-1934) WW1 Staff Officer, Reichswehr general, Chancellor of Germany (1932-33); killed, with his wife, during Night of the Long Knives Purge ^[e]
Adolf Hitler [r]: (1889–1945) Politician in Germany; became 1921 Nazi Party leader, 1933 Reichskanzler (Chancellor), then 1934 as der Führer dictator before and during World War II. ^[e] abolished the Chancellorship and merged it, with the Presidency, into the office of Fuehrer

Deutschnationale Volkspartei [r]: (DNVP), German National People's Party (1919-1933), right-wing German party led publisher Alfred Hugenberg; opposed to Treaty of Versailles and trade unions; joined Adolf Hitler's opposition coalition; later dissolved ^[e]
Deutsche Volkspartei [r]: German People's Party; center-right during Weimar Republic; split with DNVP and did not join coalition with Nazis ^[e]
Nazi Party [r]: The totalitarian ideology espoused by Adolf Hitler and the German Nazi Party; its program was first stated formally in 1920, drafted by Hitler, Gottfried Feder and Anton Drexler ^[e]
Social Democratic Party (Germany) [r]: Add brief definition or description
Stahlhelm [r]: Literally "steel helmet"; formed 1918 as Association of [German] Frontline Soldiers; joined DNVP/NSDAP coalition, splitting from the DVP, part of initial Nazi coalition; largely absorbed by Sturmabteilung (SA) ^[e]
Zentrum [r]: Add brief definition or description