Joseph Wirth
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Karl Joseph Wirth was a German politician of the Catholic Centre Party who was chancellor of Germany from May 1921 to November 1922, during the early years of the Weimar Republic. He was also minister
Wirth c. 1920
Walther Rathenau, minister of Finance in the second Wirth cabinet, was assassinated by far-right extremists on 24 June 1922.
Wirth's grave in Freiburg
Wilhelm Cuno
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Wilhelm Carl Josef Cuno was a German businessman and politician who was the chancellor of Germany from 1922 to 1923 for a total of 264 days. His tenure included the beginning of the occupation of the
Joseph Wirth
…Social Democrats (USPD) in September 1922. After the government lost a key vote on the grain levy in November, the government resigned. On 22 November, Wilhelm Cuno, a political independent, replaced Wirth as chancellor. In 1924, Wirth joined the Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold, a paramilitary organisation formed by…
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Cuno, left, with German President Friedrich Ebert (1923)