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11.   Election Propaganda for Hindenburg in the Second Round of the 1925 Presidential Election (April 26, 1925)
The first Reich President, Friedrich Ebert, died in February 1925, shortly before the end of his term..... 		Election Propaganda for Hindenburg in the Second Round of the 1925 Presidential Election (April 26, 1925)
12.   The German National People's Party (DNVP) Demonstrates against the Proposed Expropriation of Princely Estates (June 1926)
During the revolution of 1918/19 the economically significant princely estates owned by the dynasties.... 		The German National People's Party (DNVP) Demonstrates against the Proposed Expropriation of Princely Estates (June 1926)
13.   The Unemployed Demonstrate for the Proposed Expropriation of Princely Estates (1926)
During the revolution of 1918/19 the economically significant princely estates owned by the dynasties.... 		The Unemployed Demonstrate for the Proposed Expropriation of Princely Estates (1926)
14.   Ernst Thälmann Speaks at the Dedication of the Memorial to the Participants in the November Revolution (June 13, 1926)
Labor movement leader and KPD functionary Ernst Thälmann (1886-1944), who had grown up in Hamburg’s working-class milieu, joined the SPD in 1903 and later switched to the USPD, a splinter party..... 		Ernst Thälmann Speaks at the Dedication of the Memorial to the Participants in the November Revolution (June 13, 1926)
15.   Ernst Thälmann and Willy Leow at the Head of a Red Front Fighters' League Demonstration in Berlin (June 1927)
The Red Front Fighters’ League [Roter Frontkämpferbund or RFB] was a paramilitary organization founded by the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) in 1924. The formation of party-affiliated troops.... 		Ernst Thälmann and Willy Leow at the Head of a Red Front Fighters' League Demonstration in Berlin (June 1927)
16.   Election Poster for the German National People's Party (DNVP) (May 1928)
The German National People’s Party (DNVP) was formed in 1918 as an alliance of several defunct right-wing parties. Its short-term goal was to oppose the revolutionary struggle for democracy; its.... 		Election Poster for the German National People's Party (DNVP) (May 1928)
17.   The Second Müller Cabinet after its First Meeting in the Reich Chancellery (June 1928)
The second cabinet led by Social Democratic Chancellor Hermann Müller (1876-1931) consisted of a Grand Coalition formed by the SPD, DDP, Zentrum, BVP, and DVP as a result of the 1928 elections..... 		The Second Müller Cabinet after its First Meeting in the Reich Chancellery (June 1928)
18.   National Socialist German Workers’ Party (NSDAP) Election Poster (1928)
After the ban on the NSDAP was lifted, the party reestablished itself in 1925. Its new tactic was to bring about the political revolution it sought through legal means such as elections. In its depiction.... 		National Socialist German Workers’ Party (NSDAP) Election Poster (1928)
19.   Gustav Stresemann Converses with the German Ambassador to the Netherlands, Graf Zech (August 25, 1929)
During his brief time in office as Reich Chancellor from August until November 1923, the economist and national-liberal politician Gustav Stresemann (1878-1929) ordered the cessation of passive resistance.... 		Gustav Stresemann Converses with the German Ambassador to the Netherlands, Graf Zech (August 25, 1929)
20.   Alfred Hugenberg, Franz von Stephani and Franz Seldte at a Rally against the Adoption of the Young Plan (September 24, 1929)
The right-wing parties vehemently rejected the Young Plan because they considered the reparations payments.... 		Alfred Hugenberg, Franz von Stephani and Franz Seldte at a Rally against the Adoption of the Young Plan (September 24, 1929)
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