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November
26
in German History November 26, 1885 Birth of Heinrich Brüning in Münster, Germany. Brüning, a member of the Catholic Center Party, became chancellor of the Weimar Republic in 1930. Although he was considered an economics expert, the world depression along with the reparation payments of the Versailles Treaty made economic stability in Germany impossible. Unemployment increased dramatically and there was a drastic fall in the standard of living. As the situation grew more and more chaotic, he made use of Article 48 in the constitution and governed by presidential emergency decree. Hoping to bring about a more workable situation, he dissolved parliament (Reichstag) and called for new elections in September, 1930. The plan was a disaster, for it was in that election that the Nazi party gained considerably in the new parliament. In 1932 Brüning resigned. He left Germany in 1934 and found his way to the United States where he taught political science at Harvard University from 1937 to 1952. November 26, 1898 Birth of Karl Ziegler in Helsa, Germany. Ziegler was a professor of chemistry
at the Universities of Heidelberg and Halle. Later he was director of
the Max Planck Institute at Mülheim. (At that time it was called
the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute.) Ziegler won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry
in 1963. Ziegler was the first to explain the process involved in the
synthesis of rubber. He also discovered fast, atmospheric pressure, polymerization
processes. Among other things this information became very useful in making
plastics, fibers and films. November 26, 1899 Birth of Bruno Hauptmann in Kamenz, Germany. After having trouble with the law in Germany he came illegally to the United States where he also built a criminal record. In 1932 the child of Charles Lindbergh was kidnapped and later murdered. In 1934 Bruno Hauptmann was arrested for the crime. In 1936 he was executed. Hauptmann insisted on his innocence to the end. November 26, 1917 The new Russian revolutionary government abandons all war efforts in WWI. A truce will be signed on December 15. November 26, 1968 Death of Arnold Zweig in East Berlin, Germany. Zweig was a writer whose works include Junge Frau von 1914 (1931), Erziehung vor Verdun (1935) and Der Streit um den Sergeanten Grischa (1927).
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