Karl Jarres was a German lawyer and politician of the German People's Party during the Weimar Republic. From 1923 to 1924, he was the minister of the Interior and vice-chancellor of Germany. Jarres wa
Jarres in his office, c. 1900
The start of the election campaign for the Reich Presidential election 1925. Karl Jarres, the candidate of the right-wing bloc, gave his first election speech on March 18, in front of thousands in the Philharmonie in Berlin. Behind him [x] is the Foreign Minister Gustav Stresemann.
The grave of Karl Jarres at the Waldfriedhof (Woodlawn Cemetery) in Duisburg.
The second Stresemann cabinet, headed by Chancellor Gustav Stresemann of the German People's Party, was the ninth democratically elected government of the Weimar Republic. It took office on 6 October
Chancellor Gustav Stresemann
Wilhelm Sollmann (SPD), Minister of the Interior
Gustav Radbruch (SPD), Minister of Justice
Otto Gessler (DDP), Reichswehrminister