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Otto Wels

1873 - 1939

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Otto Wels (15 September 1873 – 16 September 1939) was a German politician who served as a member of the Reichstag from 1912 to 1933 and as the chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 1919 until his death in 1939. He was military commander of Berlin in the turbulent early days of the German Revolution of 1918–1919, and during the 1920 Kapp Putsch he was instrumental in organizing the general strike that helped defeat the anti-republican putschists. Near the end of the Weimar Republic's life, however, he saw the futility of calling a general strike against the 1932 Prussian coup d'état because of the mass unemployment of the Great Depression. His 1933 speech in the Reichstag in opposition to Adolf Hitler and the Enabling Act marked the end of the Weimar Republic prior to the Act becoming law. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Otto Wels is the 6,010th most popular politician (down from 5,858th in 2019), the 1,599th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,619th in 2019) and the 464th most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Otto Wels ranks 6,010 out of 19,576. Before him are Ramon Berenguer I, Count of Barcelona, Onjo of Baekje, Fradique de Menezes, Jinpyeong of Silla, Carlos Andrés Pérez, and Oliver Otis Howard. After him are Baldwin VII, Count of Flanders, Crateuas of Macedon, André de Montbard, Ovadia Yosef, Wacho, and Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1873, Otto Wels ranks 55. Before him are Jakob Wassermann, Hugo Simberg, Margaret Bondfield, Ray Ewry, Liang Qichao, and Thorvald Stauning. After him are Nadežda Petrović, Viktor Chernov, Mehmet Akif Ersoy, Adolph Zukor, Theodor Körner, and Ma Barker. Among people deceased in 1939, Otto Wels ranks 35. Before him are Ernst Toller, Alexander Yegorov, Prince Valdemar of Denmark, Wilhelm Groener, Danilo, Crown Prince of Montenegro, and Ambroise Vollard. After him are Roman Dmowski, Gerardo Machado, Franz Schmidt, Stanislav Kosior, Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, and Vladimir Shukhov.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Otto Wels ranks 1,599 out of 7,253. Before him are Andreas Libavius (1555), Hans Schäfer (1927), Pascual Jordan (1902), Johann Arndt (1555), Duchess Marie Gabrielle in Bavaria (1878), and Kurt Franz (1914). After him are Rudi Dutschke (1940), Carl Correns (1864), Richard Glücks (1889), Méret Oppenheim (1913), Gustav Landauer (1870), and Wolf Vostell (1932).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Otto Wels ranks 464. Before him are Karl August Wittfogel (1896), Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden (1790), Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1719), Walter Warlimont (1894), Margravine Louise Charlotte of Brandenburg (1617), and Amalie of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld (1752). After him are Richard Glücks (1889), Frederick II, Elector Palatine (1482), Frederick Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (1746), Bernard of Saxe-Weimar (1604), Miguel, Duke of Braganza (1853), and Frederick I, Margrave of Meissen (1257).

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