Otto Wels (15 September 1873 – 16 September 1939) was a German politician who served as a member of the Reichstag from 1912 to 1933 and as the chairman...

Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) along with Arthur Crispien and Otto Wels from 1931 to 1933. After the NSDAP came to power in 1933, he became one...

The wels catfish (/ˈwɛls/ or /ˈvɛls/; Silurus glanis), also called sheatfish or just wels, is a large species of catfish native to wide areas of central...

elections and the councils' meeting. Since they could not be prevented, Otto Wels used the party apparatus to influence the voting in the soldiers' councils...

with 444 votes for and 94 against. Only the Social Democrats, led by Otto Wels, opposed the measure, which came into effect on 27 March. The bill's provisions...

around 1,000. To force them to comply, Wels held back their pay. During the week before Christmas the division and Wels negotiated in the Kommandantur, but...

insurance, and the construction of pocket battleships. Party chairman Otto Wels demanded that the funds be spent on free school meals as had been promised...

Wels is a city in northern Austria. Wels may also refer to: the wels catfish, Silurus glanis Otto Wels, German politician, chairman of SPD (1873–1939)...

declared in early August, Ebert travelled to Zurich with party treasurer Otto Braun and the SPD's money to be in a position to build up a foreign organisation...

  First party Second party Third party   Leader Adolf Hitler Otto Wels Arthur Crispien Hans Vogel Ernst Thälmann Party NSDAP SPD KPD Last election 18...

  First party Second party Third party   Leader Adolf Hitler Otto Wels Arthur Crispien Hans Vogel Ernst Thälmann Party NSDAP SPD KPD Last election 37...

government in Berlin. In an attempt to force payment, the sailors took Otto Wels (MSPD), the military commander of Berlin, hostage. The following day,...

  First party Second party Third party   Leader Otto Wels & Arthur Crispien Adolf Hitler Ernst Thälmann Party SPD NSDAP KPD Last election 29.8%, 153 seats...

  First party Second party Third party   Leader Hermann Müller Otto Wels Arthur Crispien Kuno von Westarp Wilhelm Marx Party SPD DNVP Centre Last election...

chairman Otto Wels, continued to worsen the climate and communications. Braun accused the SPD leadership of acting irresponsibly, and Wels thought that...

Volksmarinedivision (People's Navy Division) captured the city's garrison commander Otto Wels of the MSPD and occupied the Reich Chancellery where the Council of the...

  First party Second party Third party   Leader Hermann Müller Otto Wels Arthur Crispien Oskar Hergt Constantin Fehrenbach Party SPD DNVP Centre Last election...

  First party Second party Third party   Leader Hermann Müller Otto Wels Arthur Crispien Kuno von Westarp Wilhelm Marx Party SPD DNVP Centre Last election...

crisis. The speech was rebutted by Otto Wels of the Social Democratic Party. Hitler returned to the podium to rebut Wels; notably this was the only time...

Chancellery, becomes a Reich Minister without Portfolio. December 1937: Otto Meissner is granted cabinet rank as Minister of State and Head of the Presidential...

the board would immediately have to flee from the grasp of the Nazis. Otto Wels, Paul Hertz, Friedrich Stampfer, Erich Ollenhauer, and others were assigned...

  First party Second party Third party   Leader Otto Wels Hermann Müller Arthur Crispien Ernst Däumig Oskar Hergt Party SPD USPD DNVP Last election 37...

Democratic Party of Germany In office September 1922 – March 1933 Serving with Otto Wels Chairman of the Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany In office...

the military in particular pressed for the Division to be disbanded. Otto Wels, the military commander of Berlin, planned to incorporate its reliable...

put aside", while Brüning notably remained silent. Only SPD chairman Otto Wels spoke against the Act, declaring that the proposed bill could not "destroy...

of the SPD, and Müller and Otto Wels were elected as their replacements with 373 and 291 out of 376 votes, respectively. Wels focused on internal leadership...

May 1932, Klotz visited the Reichstag café to meet SPD chairman Otto Wels. After Wels was called away to a vote, Klotz was recognized by Heines, who had...

the evening, all parties except the SPD, represented by their chairman Otto Wels, voted in favour of the Enabling Act. This vote was a major step in the...

factory representatives and the party leaders Friedrich Ebert, Otto Braun and Otto Wels. At midday, Reich Chancellor Max von Baden prematurely announced...

a right to participate in the creation of a new government. Although Otto Wels for the SPD rejected the harsh form in which union leader and Reichstag...