2 - Key People Flashcards
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Gustav Bauer (1870-1944)
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had been a trade union official before entering the Reichstag as an SPD deputy in 1912, in the political upheaval of 1918-19 he was appointed Minister of Labour in the cabinets of Prince Max, Ebert, and Scheidemann - after Scheidemann resigned in June 1919 Bauer became Chancellor but was forced to resign in March 1920 after the Kapp Putsch, he continued to serve as minister and a Reichstag deputy for several more years
