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Carl Severing, (born June 1, 1875, Herford, Ger.—died July 23, 1952, Bielefeld, W.Ger.), German politician who was a leading member of the Social Democratic Party during the Weimar Republic and longtime minister of interior of Prussia (1920–26; 1930–32).

Carl Wilhelm Severing (* 1. Juni 1875 in Herford; † 23. Juli 1952 in Bielefeld) war ein sozialdemokratischer Politiker . Er galt als Vertreter des rechten Parteiflügels. Über Jahrzehnte kam ihm im Parteibezirk Ostwestfalen und Lippe eine Führungsrolle zu.

Carl Wilhelm Severing was a German union organizer and Social Democratic politician during the German Empire, Weimar Republic and the early post-World War II years in West Germany. He served as a Reichstag member and as interior minister in both Prussia and at the Reich level where he fought against the rise of extremism on both the left and ...

In July 1931 a severe financial crisis led to the collapse of the Darmstadt and National Bank, one of Germany’s largest financial institutions, and in September the unemployment figure reached 4.3 million. On October 3 Brüning reshuffled his cabinet, assuming the role of foreign minister himself.

Carl Severing. The new Minister of the Interior, Carl Severing, carried out a fundamental reform after the March 1920 Kapp Putsch. Senior civil servants hostile to the Republic were dismissed, and the political reliability of new hires was checked.

The Social Democratic Home Minister Carl Severing began to transform the police into a civilian and modern “People’s Police” (Volkspolizei), at first in Prussia and then in the entire German Reich. Despite a number of successful reforms he failed in his attempt to alter the military self-understanding and anti-republican mindset of the ...

Carl Severing. The 1932 Prussian coup d'état or Preußenschlag ( German pronunciation: [ˈpʁɔʏsənˌʃlaːk]) took place on 20 July 1932, when Reich President Paul von Hindenburg, at the request of Franz von Papen, then Reich Chancellor of Germany, replaced the legal government of the Free State of Prussia with von Papen as Reich Commissioner.

Carl Wilhelm Severing (1 June 1875, Herford, Westphalia – 23 July 1952, Bielefeld) was a German Social Democrat politician during the Weimar era. He was seen as a representative of the right wing of the party. Over the years, he took a leading influence in the party district of Ostwestfalen and Lippe.