born April 7, 1882, Brandenburg, Ger.
died June 30, 1934, Berlin
German army officer and last chancellor of the Weimar Republic .
A career army officer, he rose to major general by 1929 and became a key figure in the Weimar Republic. His political intrigues helped secure for him the posts of defense minister (1932) and chancellor (193233). Seeking to keep the Nazis under the army's control, he offered to participate in a government with Adolf Hitler , but Hitler refused him and thereafter regarded Schleicher as his chief enemy. Dismissed by Paul von Hindenburg in favour of Hitler, Schleicher was murdered during the Night of the Long Knives .
Kurt von Schleicher, 1932
Archiv fur Kunst und Geschichte, Berlin