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You answer the knock - do you open for the men in trench coats?
A German general, architect of the Weimar Republic's political-military machine, answers a knock at his door. He knows the system he built is now turning on him.
You answer the knock - do you open for the men in trench coats?
This episode explores the life and career of Kurt von Schleicher, a master political operator in Weimar Republic, and examines the moment when his own methods were used against him.
Person: Kurt von Schleicher
Date: June 30, 1934
Location: Neubabelsberg
Event: Assassination
- Kurt von Schleicher, born in 1882, entered the Kadettenanstalt in 1896, stepping into the…
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