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Preußenschlag
The
Preußenschlag
(,
Prussian coup
) of 1932 was a major step towards the end of the
German
Weimar Republic
, as it later facilitated the
Gleichschaltung
of Germany after
Adolf Hitler
's
rise to power
. On July 20, 1932,
President
Paul von Hindenburg
issued an emergency decree under
Article 48
of the
Weimar Constitution
which dismissed the cabinet of the
Free State of Prussia
, the largest
German state
.
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