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Papen, Franz von 1879-1969
German politician

Born in Werl, Westphalia, he was military attaché in Mexico and Washington, Chief of Staff with a Turkish army, and took to centre party politics. As Chancellor to Paul Hindenburg in 1932 he suppressed the Prussian socialist government, and as Hitler's Vice-Chancellor (1933-34) he signed a concordat with Rome. He was ambassador to Austria (1936-38) and Turkey (1939-44) and was taken prisoner in 1945. He stood trial at Nuremberg in 1946 but was acquitted.