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...

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...

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...

American baseball player Otto Gessler (1875–1955), German politician Magdalena Gessler (born 1953), Polish restaurateur Scott Gessler (born 1965), American...

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...

lacking in energy dealing with the putsch. He resigned on 22 March 1920. Otto Gessler of the German Democratic Party succeeded him. Noske would be the last...

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...

Saxony and Thuringia sparked a crisis in itself. The Reichswehr under Otto Gessler, with the support of the Stresemann cabinet and Reich President Friedrich...

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...

Ministry of War. Its longest serving Weimar era ministers were the civilian Otto Gessler (almost 8 years) and the former general Wilhelm Groener (4 years). Under...

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...

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

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...

protect the reputation of Switzerland and its (often stolen) riches. Otto Gessler, the highly secretive leader of the Council (whom Peterson has never...

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...

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

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...

The objections came from Chancellor Hans Luther, Defence Secretary Otto Gessler, the political parties of the Right and the leadership of the Reichswehr...

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...

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

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

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...

throughout the country and transferred executive power to Minister of Defence Otto Gessler. Kahr and two associates advocated a march on Berlin to overthrow the...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

capacity, President Paul von Hindenburg appointed Reichswehr Minister Otto Gessler of the German Democratic Party (DDP) interim chancellor and asked him...

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...