Johannes Popitz
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Johannes Popitz (2 December 1884 – 2 February 1945) was a Prussian lawyer, finance minister and a member of the German Resistance against the government of Nazi Germany. He was the father of Heinrich Popitz, an important German sociologist.
Quick Facts Prussian Minister of Finance and Minister of State, Prime Minister ...
Johannes Popitz | |
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Prussian Minister of Finance and Minister of State | |
In office 21 April 1933 – 21 July 1944 | |
Prime Minister | Hermann Göring |
Preceded by | Himself (as Reichskommissar) |
Succeeded by | None |
Reichskommissar Prussian Ministry of Finance | |
In office 29 October 1932 – 21 April 1933 | |
Chancellor | Kurt von Schleicher Franz von Papen Adolf Hitler |
Preceded by | Franz Schleusener |
Succeeded by | Himself (as Minister of Finance) |
Reichsminister without Portfolio | |
In office 29 October 1932 – 30 January 1933 | |
Chancellor | Kurt von Schleicher Franz von Papen |
State Secretary Prussian Ministry of Finance | |
In office 1925 – 21 December 1929 | |
Prime Minister | Otto Braun |
Personal details | |
Born | (1884-12-02)2 December 1884 Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony, German Empire |
Died | 2 February 1945(1945-02-02) (aged 60) Plötzensee Prison, Berlin, Nazi Germany |
Cause of death | Execution by hanging |
Political party | Nazi Party (from January 1937) |
Profession | Lawyer |
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