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Franz Seldte
Franz Seldte, 1933
Reich Minister for Labour
In office 30 January 1933 – 23 May 1945
President
Paul von Hindenburg (1933–1934)
Adolf Hitler (1934–1945; as Führer)
Karl Dönitz (1945)
Chancellor
Adolf Hitler (1934–1945)
Joseph Goebbels (1945)
Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk (1945; as Leading Minister)
Preceded by
Friedrich Syrup
Federal Leader of the Nationalsozialistischer Deutscher frontkämpfer-Bund (Stahlhelm)
In office 28 March 1934 – 7 November 1935
Federal Leader of Der Stahlhelm
In office 25 December 1918 – 28 March 1934
Personal details
Born
(1882-06-29)29 June 1882 Magdeburg, German Empire
Died
1 April 1947(1947-04-01) (aged 64) Fürth, Bavaria, Allied-occupied Germany
Resting place
St Laurentius Cemetery, Rottach-Egern, Germany
Political party
National Socialist German Workers' Party (1933–1945)
Other political affiliations
German National People's Party (until 1933)
Alma mater
Brunswick University of Technology
Signature
Military service
Allegiance
German Empire
Branch/service
Imperial German Army
Years of service
1914–1918
Rank
Hauptmann d.R.
Unit
66th Infantry Regiment
Battles/wars
World War I
Battle of the Somme (WIA)
Awards
Iron Cross First Class
Iron Cross Second Class
Wound Badge
Franz Seldte (29 June 1882 – 1 April 1947) was a German reactionary and politician who served as the Reich Minister for Labour in Nazi Germany.[1] Prior to his ministry, Seldte was a founding leader of Der Stahlhelm World War I ex-servicemen's organisation from 1918 to 1934.
^Stackelberg (2007). The Routledge Companion to Nazi Germany, p. 243.
FranzSeldte (29 June 1882 – 1 April 1947) was a German reactionary and politician who served as the Reich Minister for Labour in Nazi Germany. Prior to...
few members of the Third Reich's cabinet (along with Wilhelm Frick and FranzSeldte) to serve continuously from Hitler's appointment as Chancellor until...
outlawed or dissolved themselves. Of the three original DNVP ministers, FranzSeldte joined the Nazi Party in April 1933, Hugenberg departed the cabinet in...
for the German People's Petition" to oppose it, featuring the likes of FranzSeldte, Heinrich Class, Theodor Duesterberg and Fritz Thyssen. On 9 July 1929...
members. In March 1924, Maercker and Duesterberg got their way and forced FranzSeldte to adopt the "Aryan clause" and expel all Jews from the Stahlhelm. Wette...
first meeting was attended by Heinrich Class of the Pan-German League, FranzSeldte of the Stahlhelm, a veterans' association closely associated with the...
prominent members of the Prussian aristocracy, the Stahlhelm leaders FranzSeldte and Theodor Duesterberg, former General Walther von Lüttwitz behind the...
successor as Reichspräsident Dönitz, the depositions of Albert Speer and FranzSeldte were ignored (or the two ministers quickly reinstated). Neither former...
General Office of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht Other prisoners included: FranzSeldte, Reichsminister of Labor Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger, Staatssekretär...
Stahlhelm founded by former German Army reserve officer and industrialist FranzSeldte in Magdeburg. Mid-December: First modern Freikorps unit formed, the Maercker...
Steel Helmet, League of Front-Line Soldiers. Founded in December 1918 by FranzSeldte, this was the First World War veteran's organisation. Officially above...
and Agriculture (Richard Walther Darré, Herbert Backe) Labor Ministry (FranzSeldte) Postal Ministry (Paul Freiherr von Eltz-Rübenach, Wilhelm Ohnesorge)...
to 1 September 1943, Jung was appointed by Reichsminister for Labor FranzSeldte as the President of the State Labor Office for central Germany (Thuringia...
January 1933, the German National politician and Der Stahlhelm leader FranzSeldte was appointed Minister for Labour in the Cabinet Hitler, a position he...
like Hugenberg himself, Franz von Papen and Konstantin von Neurath became members of the Hitler Cabinet and some like FranzSeldte even joined the NSDAP...
Geneva World Disarmament Conference. Hierl's rivalry with Labour Minister FranzSeldte led to the affiliation of his office as a FAD Reichskommissar with the...
hierarchy and by 1924 was one of two of its federal leaders (the other being FranzSeldte). Together with General Georg Ludwig Rudolf Maercker, Duesterberg was...
the current community of Ammersbek) and "Am Hagen" (originally called "FranzSeldte Settlement") commenced in 1933. The rush of settlers from around Hamburg...
Hindenburg used emergency powers to back Chancellors Heinrich Brüning, Franz von Papen and General Kurt von Schleicher. The Great Depression, exacerbated...
5 May 1945 23 May 1945 NSDAP Minister for Labor and Social Affairs FranzSeldte 5 May 1945 23 May 1945 NSDAP Minister of the Interior Wilhelm Stuckart...
Koblenz to mark the evacuation. On 4 October 1930, Stahlhelm leader FranzSeldte sharply attacked the "Marxist" Prussian government at the Reich Front-Line...
Printers and Publishers, Inc. FranzSeldte also left the publishing house in 1932. Westarp and Seldte realized that Franz von Papen's plans to integrate...
Sebottendorf, founder of the Thule Society Hans Seidemann, Luftwaffe General FranzSeldte, Reich Minister for Labor/SA General Emil Sembach, SS Colonel Max Simon...
Ministry of Labour under FranzSeldte, with the order to build up a powerful labour service organization. Facing Minister Seldte's resistance, Hierl in 1934...
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