Gustav Noske

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Gustav Noske

Gustav Noske (July 9, 1868 - November 30, 1946) was a German

Germany

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administrator

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. He served as the Defense Minister of Germany between 1919 and 1920. He was the first defense minister of the Weimar Republic

Weimar Republic

The Weimar Republic was the democracy and republican period of Germany from 1919 to 1933. Following World War I, the republic emerged from the German Revolution in November 1918....
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e was born in Brandenburg an der Havel. He was a Master Butcher by trade, who had climbed the political ladder within the trade union movement.

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Gustav Noske (July 9, 1868 - November 30, 1946) was a German

Germany

Administration (government)

Weimar Republic

The Weimar Republic was the democracy and republican period of Germany from 1919 to 1933. Following World War I, the republic emerged from the German Revolution in November 1918....
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Biography

Noske was born in Brandenburg an der Havel. He was a Master Butcher by trade, who had climbed the political ladder within the trade union movement. He was a member of the Social Democratic Party

Social Democratic Party of Germany

The Social Democratic Party of Germany is Germany's oldest political party. After World War II, under the leadership of Kurt Schumacher, the SPD reestablished itself as an ideological party, representing the interests of the working class and the trade unions....
and became a member of the German Parliament

Reichstag (institution)

The Reichstag was the parliament of the Holy Roman Empire, the North German Confederation, and of Germany until 1945. The main chamber of the German parliament is now called Bundestag , but the building in which it meets is still called "Reichstag" ....
in 1906, where he remained during World War I

World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
. He had long shown an interest in military and colonial affairs. Generally speaking, he was on the right wing of the socialists.

Best known for putting down the Communist and left wing risings throughout Germany in early 1919, Noske was and remains a controversial figure. To crush the incipient revolution, he permitted and even encouraged the organization and employment of right-wing, ultra-nationalist freikorps

Freikorps

File:Bundesarchiv Bild 119-1983-0012, Kapp-Putsch, Marienbrigade Erhardt in Berlin.jpgThe designation of Freikorps was originally applied to voluntary armies formed in German lands from the middle of 18th century onwards....
. Between January 10 and January 17 1919 they, together with Reichswehr

Reichswehr

The Reichswehr formed the armed forces of Germany from 1919 until 1935, when it was renamed the Wehrmacht .At the end of World War I, the forces of the German Empire had mostly disintegrated, the men making their way home individually or in small groups....
troops under the command of General von Lüttwitz

Walther von Lüttwitz

Walther von L?ttwitz was a Germany general known for his involvement in the Kapp-L?ttwitz Putsch.L?ttwitz was born in Bogacica near Kluczbork in Upper Silesia....
, crushed the Spartacist revolt

Spartacist uprising

The Spartacist uprising, also known as the January uprising, was a general strike in Germany from January 5 to January 12, 1919. Its suppression is considered to mark the end of the German Revolution....
by military force, the leaders - Rosa Luxemburg

Rosa Luxemburg

Rosa Luxemburg was a Poland Germany Marxist theory, Socialism philosopher, and revolutionary for the Social Democracy of the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania, the German Social Democratic Party of Germany, the Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany and the Communist Party of Germany....
and Karl Liebknecht

Karl Liebknecht

was a German socialist and a co-founder of the Spartakusbund and the Communist Party of Germany....
- being killed. On the other hand, he defused the Kiel Mutiny of 1918 without a shot being fired. One of the few Social Democrats willing to work with the traditional officer class which continued to dominate the Army, Noske was instrumental in restoring order and preventing a German version of the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia. Nevertheless, he was deeply shocked when he finally realized (based on talks with General Hans von Seeckt

Hans von Seeckt

Hans von Seeckt was a Germany military officer noted for his organization of the German Army during the Weimar Republic....
) that the German Army's chief loyalty was not to the state, but to itself.

Noske was president of the Province of Hanover

Province of Hanover

The Province of Hanover was a Provinces of Prussia of the Kingdom of Prussia and the Free State of Prussia from 1868 to 1946.During the Austro-Prussian War, the Kingdom of Hanover had attempted to maintain a neutral position, along with some other member states of the German Confederation....
from 1920 on, but was dismissed by the Nazi government in 1933. In 1944 he was arrested by the Gestapo

Gestapo

The was the official secret police of Nazi Germany. Under the overall administration of the Schutzstaffel , it was administered by the Reichssicherheitshauptamt and was considered a dual organization of the Sicherheitsdienst and also a suboffice of the Sicherheitspolizei ....
under suspicion of involvement in the July 20 plot against Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born Germany politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party , popularly known as the Nazi Party....
. Noske was freed by advancing Allied troops and lived in Hanover

Hanover

Hanover or Hannover#Definitions , on the river Leine, is the capital city of the Federal states of Germany of Lower Saxony , Germany and was once by personal union the family seat of the House of Hanover, in their dignities as the dukes of Brunswick-L?neburg ....
afterwards. He died while preparing for a lecture tour of the United States

United States

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