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- Matthias Erzberger (20 September 1875 – 26 August 1921) was a politician of the Catholic Centre Party, member of the Reichstag and minister of finance of Germany from 1919 to 1920.
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Matthias Erzberger (20 September 1875 – 26 August 1921) was a politician of the Catholic Centre Party, member of the Reichstag and minister of finance of Germany from 1919 to 1920. Erzberger was first elected to the Reichstag of the German Empire in 1903.
Sep 16, 2024 · Matthias Erzberger (born Sept. 20, 1875, Buttenhausen, Württemberg, Ger.—died Aug. 26, 1921, Black Forest, Baden) was a leader of the left wing of the Roman Catholic Centre Party in Germany and signatory of the Armistice of World War I.
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From very humble beginnings Matthias Erzberger went on to become one of the Weimar Republic’s most influential politicians. Born in 1875, he was a self-made man, hard-working, ambitious, and with encyclopaedic knowledge, who became the youngest member of Reichstag at 28 for the Catholic Centre Party (Zentrumspartei). In November 1918, he ended up i...
After the elections in January 1919, Erzberger entered the government of the German Republic led by Chancellor Philipp Scheidemann, as Minister without a specified portfolio, but responsible for matters relating to the Armistice. After Scheidemann’s resignation over the terms of Treaty of Versailles, Erzberger advanced to Finance Minister and Vice ...
Erzberger was well aware that his life was in danger, and he survived several assassination attempts. In post-war Germany, violence in the streets was an almost daily occurrence. By 1922, there had been some 350 political murders, many committed by Freicorps organisations (consisting of disaffected former soldiers). Among the victims of Freicorps v...
In 1933, President Hindenburg signed an amnesty law which cleared anyone who had committed a political murder in the Weimar Republic – including Erzberger’s murderers who no longer had to answer for their crime. However, after the Second World War, the two assassins were arrested by the US occupying forces in Heidelberg in 1945, tried in 1946 - and...
Nationalist terrorists assassinated 356 government politicians, including Walter Rathenau (June 1922), the foreign minister, and Matthias Erzberger who had been finance minister.
May 14, 2018 · The German statesman Matthias Erzberger (1875-1921) is best known for his sponsorship of the German parliamentary peace resolution during World War I and for his subsequent signing of the armistice agreement.
After eight years in different functions within the Württemberg Catholicism, 1 Matthias Erzberger (1875-1921) was elected to the German Reichstag in 1903. He subsequently became one of the most important politicians of the Centre Party’s left wing.
Nov 10, 2018 · The German delegation, led by civilian Matthias Erzberger, had no choice but to accept tough terms demanded by Britain, France and America. At the end of a momentous day, Rear Admiral Sir...
