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Otto Gessler
Reich Minister of Defence
In office
27 March 1920 – 19 January 1928
ChancellorHermann Müller
Constantin Fehrenbach
Joseph Wirth
Wilhelm Cuno
Gustav Stresemann
Wilhelm Marx
Hans Luther
Preceded byGustav Noske
Succeeded byWilhelm Groener
Reich Minister of the Interior
Acting
23 October 1925 – 5 December 1925
ChancellorHans Luther
Preceded byMartin Schiele
Succeeded byWilhelm Külz
Reich Minister for Reconstruction
In office
25 October 1919 – 24 March 1920
ChancellorGustav Bauer
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byWalther Rathenau
Member of the Reichstag
In office
1920–1924
ConstituencyNational list
Personal details
Born(1875-02-06)6 February 1875
Ludwigsburg, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Empire
Died24 March 1955(1955-03-24) (aged 80)
Lindenberg im Allgäu, Bavaria, West Germany
Political partyGerman Democratic Party
Other political
affiliations
Progressive People's Party (1910-1918)
ProfessionPolitician

Otto Karl Gessler (or Geßler) (6 February 1875 – 24 March 1955) was a liberal German politician during the Weimar Republic. From 1910 until 1914, he was mayor of Regensburg and from 1913 to 1919 mayor of Nuremberg. He served in numerous Weimar cabinets, most notably as Reichswehrminister (Minister of Defence) from 1920 to 1928.

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Otto Karl Gessler (or Geßler) (6 February 1875 – 24 March 1955) was a liberal German politician during the Weimar Republic. From 1910 until 1914, he was...

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German Democratic Party

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Franz Sperr as well as the former Weimar Reich ministers and DDP members Otto Geßler and Eduard Hamm. Many former members of the DDP and Radical Democratic...

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Reichswehr

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executive power to Otto Gessler. After General Otto von Lossow, who was in command of the Reichswehr troops in Bavaria, refused to act on Gessler's order to ban...

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Lohmann Affair

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Reichsmarine Chief Hans Zenker on 30 September 1928, it led Reichswehr Minister Otto Gessler to resign. In early 1923 Captain Walter Lohmann, who had acquired international...

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Wilhelm Groener

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successor as Reichspräsident, appointed Groener as the successor of Otto Geßler as Minister of Defence on 20 January 1928, a post he held until 1932...

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Gustav Noske

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lacking in energy dealing with the putsch. He resigned on 22 March 1920. Otto Gessler succeeded him. Noske would be the last Social Democrat in this position...

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Otto Schniewind

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Reichsmarine. From 1925 to 1926 he served as adjutant to the Minister of War Otto Gessler. In 1932 Schniewind became captain of the light cruiser Köln. In 1934...

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Ruhr uprising

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changes to social and economic policies. General Reinhardt also resigned. Otto Gessler succeeded Noske; von Seeckt became Chef der Heeresleitung. The demands...

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Gustav Ritter von Kahr

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throughout Germany and transferred executive power to Minister of Defense Otto Gessler. Kahr refused to carry out his orders, such as banning the Nazi Party...

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Second Luther cabinet

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cabinet stayed on as a caretaker government under the leadership of Otto Gessler until 17 May, when Wilhelm Marx of the Centre Party formed a new government...

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Hans Luther

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Although the DDP was not a member of the coalition, Luther was able to keep Otto Gessler at the Reichswehrministerium. When Ebert died on 28 February, Luther...

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Aviator badge

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Besatzungen der Luftschiffe) was donated in 1920 by Reichswehr Minister Otto Gessler. There were two versions for Army and Navy airships. Upon request, it...

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Black Reichswehr

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who had a large number of contacts among the Right. Defence Minister Otto Gessler had made such contacts illegal in February 1923, and some Reichswehr...

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List of members of the 20 July plot

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Gersdorff General Survived 1980 Eugen Gerstenmaier Theologian Survived 1986 Otto Gessler Minister of Defence Survived 1955 Hans Bernd Gisevius Diplomat Survived...

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1920 in Germany

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sitting was in fact held on that day, but owing to the non-arrival of Otto Gessler, the German minister of defense, it was not possible to proceed with...

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Kapp Putsch

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thought that he had not been tough enough facing up to the putschists; Otto Gessler succeeded Noske as Defence Minister. General Reinhardt also resigned...

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1925 German presidential election

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support Simons and Wilhelm Marx while the DDP refused to support Jares. Otto Gessler was proposed as a compromise candidate, but this failed. Most right-wing...

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Willi Stoph

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of Ministers (Ministerrat), or Prime Minister, in 1964 after the death of Otto Grotewohl. However, he had been serving as acting chairman of the council...

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First Marx cabinet

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architects of the currency reform, stayed on as minister of Finance. Otto Gessler and Heinrich Brauns had held their posts since 1920. Rudolf Oeser and...

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Fourth Marx cabinet

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meeting with the cabinet, and to the resignation of Reichswehr Minister Otto Gessler. As a result of the scandal, which the cabinet kept under wraps as much...

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Second Marx cabinet

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cabinet rather than the four they wanted, and requested that the DDP allow Otto Gessler stay on as Reichswehr minister even if the DDP did not formally take...

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Weimar Republic

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to become a heavy burden on the Republic. Whereas Reichswehr Minister Otto Gessler was content with limited political and administrative duties during his...

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Bayreuth

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(equivalent to 15% of the inhabitants), although Minister of Defence Otto Gessler had forbidden the participation of Reichswehr units. Among the guests...

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First Luther cabinet

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was willing to support the new cabinet only if the DDP agreed to keep Otto Gessler (DDP) in office as Reichswehr minister. Luther was able to get an agreement...

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1932 German presidential election

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Order, the industrialist Carl Duisberg, as well as the former ministers Otto Gessler and Gustav Noske. Hitler was hesitant to run given Hindenburg's popularity...

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Second Stresemann cabinet

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against the state governments of Saxony and Thuringia. On 23 October, Otto Gessler ordered the Reichswehr to move into both states. In Thuringia, the militias...

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Nazism and the Wehrmacht

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Defence Minister Otto Gessler to resign in disgrace in January 1928. The military took advantage of the opening created by Gessler's resignation to convince...

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