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Franz von Papen's framing theory and its influence on the development of the Third Reich
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Franz von Papen's framing theory and its influence on the development of the Third Reich (Franz von Papen) Research question: Did Franz von Papen's wrong estimation of the situation of 1933 favour Adolf Hitler's rise to power? Abstract This essay analyses aspects of the scenario which enabled Adolf Hitler to become dictator of the German Reich to transform the basically democratic Weimar Republic into an authoritarian dictatorship. It is the aim to argue in how far Franz of Papen, former chancellor and Vice chancellor in Hitler's cabinet, is responsible for Hitler's rise to power. Because of its complexity Hitler's rise to power it is "a phenomenon which seems scarcely capable of subjection to rational analysis" as Ian Kershaw stated 1. This essay tries to find explanations from one point of view by putting Franz von Papen's famous quotation "In two months we will have pushed Hitler so far into a corner that he'll squeak" into the...
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