The July 4, 1932 cover of TIME magazine featured an etching of Germany's penultimate Chancellor before Hitler and the Nazis took over GermanyIn America today, several members of the Grand Old Party (AKA: GOP) carry the DNA of Germany's next-to-last Chancellor before Hitler and the Nazi Party took over.
In the early 1930's, there was a cascade of German leadership:
March 29, 1930, Heinrich Brüning, representing the (Catholic) Centre Party, was appointed Chancellor by President Paul von Hindenburg;
June 1, 1932, Franz von Papen, also of the Centre Party, became Chancellor when the Weimar Republic collapsed;
December 3, 1932, Hindenburg appointed General Kurt von Schleicher (no party) to replace Papen;
January 30, 1933, Hindenburg appointed Adolf Hitler (Nazi Party) Chancellor to replace Schleicher.
