Franz von Papen

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/franz-von-papen

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the hereditary status?Erbsälzer status, allowing salt mining since 1298
2. What is the chancellorship?Appointed Chancellor of Germany on June 1, 1932

Persona non grata: A Latin term meaning 'an unwelcome person,' used in diplomacy to describe a foreign official who is no longer permitted to remain in the host country.
Article 48: A provision in the Weimar Constitution that allowed the German President to issue emergency decrees, effectively bypassing the parliament to enact laws during times of crisis.
Anschluss: The political union or annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany in 1938, which Papen helped facilitate through his diplomatic efforts in Vienna.
Denazification: The process initiated by the Allied powers after World War II to remove Nazi ideology from German society, culture, press, economy, and politics.