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Hindenburg, and provided 500 million ℛ︁ℳ︁ for public works programs to alleviate unemployment and to stimulate the economy. Ironically, over the course of the next six months when over two million unemployed
Germans were given jobs, both Gereke and Schleicher were out of office and Hitler was the political beneficiary.
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as an obstacle to reunification. This was contrary to the course pursued by the federal government under
Adenauer. Despite having a position on the CDU executive board, Gereke repeatedly sought contacts with government authorities in the Soviet zone, which were viewed with great suspicion within the
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of Lower Saxony in
December 1946 and served until February 1952. On 9 December 1946, he was appointed Lower Saxon Minister of the Interior. On 12 February 1947 he was given a leave of absence from this position when an investigation was begun over the old embezzlement allegations, and he resigned on
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on 21 December 1932, he was only able to secure agreement for 500 million ℛ︁ℳ︁. On 28 January 1933, in one of its final actions the
Schleicher cabinet gave final approval to the financial measures needed to implement the program. It became law the same day under an emergency decree signed by
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district. He did not obtain any government position, devoting himself instead to horse breeding as president of the
Central Office for Breeding and Performance Testing of Thoroughbred and Trotting Horses from 1953 to 1969. He also served as vice president of the International Conference for
1048:"Treason Tribunal is Sworn in Reich: Minister of Justice Tells Its Judges Not to Mind Foreign Criticism of Its Nature. Gereke is Found Guilty. Manager of the Hindenburg Campaign in 1932 Gets 2 1/2 Years as Fund Diverter". The New York Times. 15 July 1934. p. 14.
700:, job creation was the government's top priority. Gereke developed a program for job creation involving massive government financed public works and infrastructure projects that might employ up to half-a-million people. He proposed a program costing 600 million
591:. He was the founder and president of the Prussian Rural Community Association, as well as the president of the German Rural Community Association. These organizations represented the interests of rural communities and served as a counterweight to the
805:(Supreme Court) reviewed the judgment and sent it back to the lower court. After a second trial lasting four months, he again was found guilty of fraud on 14 July 1934 and the same sentence was imposed. This time, the verdict was upheld by the
813:, Gereke completed his sentence and was released on 24 September 1935. He retired to his estate but again was arrested on May 1936, this time for allegedly posting a Nazi election campaign poster on his pigsty. Following the outbreak of the
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from 1930 to 1932 as a CNBL deputy. In addition, he was a member of the provincial parliament of the
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Development of State Work Creation Policy in Germany, 1930-1933". In Stachura, Peter D. (ed.).
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1037:"German Official Sentenced: Misuse of Public Funds". Evening Telegraph (Dundee, Scotland). 16 June 1933. p. 7.
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state law examination in 1918. He then pursued an administrative legal career, as a government lawyer in
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in 1912. He studied law, political science and economics at the
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Der Preußische Staatsrat 1921–1933: Ein biographisches Handbuch
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to finance Gereke's employment creation plan, published in the
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Günther Gereke biography in the Federal Reappraisal Foundation
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Günther Gereke biography in the Federal Reappraisal Foundation
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appointed Gereke as director of the provincial government of
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Christian-National Peasants' and Farmers' Party politicians
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in Berlin. From there, he was transferred to the prison in
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Zentner, Christian; Bedürftig, Friedemann, eds. (1997) .
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on 23 March 1933, by order of Prussian Interior Minister
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in both law and political science in 1916, he passed the
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Unemployment and the Great Depression in Weimar Germany
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533:, he volunteered for military service with the
289:Christian-National Peasants' and Farmers' Party
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1387:Members of the Provincial Parliament of Saxony
1372:Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich alumni
1096:in the Lower Saxony and Bremen State Archives
906:(GDR). In the GDR, he became a member of the
876:and conferred on joint economic matters with
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923:Thoroughbred Breeding from 1955. He died at
819:20 July 1944 assassination attempt on Hitler
527:Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg
336:Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg
1244:Hitler's Thirty Days to Power: January 1933
729:Photo of nine of the twelve members of the
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652:in his successful campaign against
355:Employment Creation Program of 1933
140:9 June 1948 – 21 June 1950
1402:Members of the Reichstag 1930–1932
1397:Members of the Reichstag 1924–1928
1327:20th-century German civil servants
565:In 1919, Gereke was appointed the
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455:regime. Following the end of the
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1176:Information about Günther Gereke
706:(ℛ︁ℳ︁) but in negotiations with
622:from electoral constituency 11 (
571:(district administrator) of the
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1246:. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley.
914:of the National Council of the
1367:German prisoners and detainees
1332:20th-century German landowners
1224:. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
1182:Hett, Benjamin Carter (2018).
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1205:. Düsseldorf: Droste Verlag.
835:Soviet occupation authorities
561:Career in the Weimar Republic
125:Deputy Minister President and
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16:German lawyer and politician
1337:20th-century German lawyers
1267:. New York: Da Capo Press.
721:Persecution by Nazi Germany
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698:worldwide economic crisis
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1201:Lilla, Joachim (2005).
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1149:Günther Gereke entry
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944:Günther Gereke entry
535:Imperial German Army
387:Imperial German Army
145:Additional positions
1240:Turner, Henry Ashby
1158:Günther Gereke file
1094:Günther Gereke file
811:pre-trial detention
759:Werner von Blomberg
688:Kurt von Schleicher
646:Paul von Hindenburg
594:Deutscher Städtetag
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256:1 May 1970 (age 76)
71:Kurt von Schleicher
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99:Position abolished
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1253:978-0-20140-714-3
1231:978-0-333-37646-1
1212:978-3-770-05271-4
1193:978-1-250-21086-9
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