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Gregor Strasser

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German politician, rival of Adolf Hitler inside the Nazi Party (1892-1934)

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Born
1892
Died
1934
Works
5

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  • Gregor und Otto Strasser
  • Der Kampf um die Freiheit
  • Der letzte Abwehrkampf des Systems
  • Ausgewählte Reden und Schriften eines National-Sozialisten
  • Ausgewählte Reden und Schriften eines Nationalsozialisten

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  • What we National Socialists want is revolution or, better said, the attainment of a German future by the ruthless implementation of national freedom, social justice and völkisch recovery.
  • The emancipation of the German workers will be accomplished by their participation in profits, participation in ownership, participation in achievement.
  • We must take from the right nationalism without capitalism and from the left socialism without internationalism.
  • We do not want a new war. But we are not afraid of it if mobilisation of German power should prove to be the ultimate means of restoring German freedom.
  • Yes, from the Right we shall take nationalism, which has so disastrously allied itself with capitalism, and from the Left we shall take Socialism, which has made such an unhappy union with internationalism. Thus we shall form the National-Socialism which will be the motive force of a new Germany and a new Europe.
  • He is such a hysteric that they need not take him seriously, and so he will not carry out his threat unfortunately. But it is all or nothing for him now. If I know him, he will make one desperate attempt to get into power. If this fails and he does not get his way, he is finished. He will burst into pieces like a frog.

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Key facts

Preceded by
General Bruno Heinemann
Succeeded by
Adolf Hitler , Robert Ley
Constituency
Upper Bavaria
Born
( 1892-05-31 ) 31 May 1892, Geisenfeld , Bavaria , German Empire
Died
30 June 1934 (1934-06-30) (aged 42), Berlin , Nazi Germany
Cause of death
Execution by shooting
Party
NSDAP (1922–1923; 1925–1932)
Other political affiliations
VSB (1924), NSFB (1924–1925)
Relatives
Otto Strasser (brother) , Bernhard Strasser (brother)
Education
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), University of Erlangen–Nuremberg
Profession
Pharmacist
Allegiance
German Empire , Weimar Republic
Branch service
Bavarian Army
Years of service
1914–1919
Rank
Oberleutnant
Unit
1st Bavarian Field Artillery Regiment, Freikorps Epp
Battles wars
World War I , German Revolution
Awards
Iron Cross

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Gregor Strasser
date of birth
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date of death
1934-07-01
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Gregor Strasser (also German: Straßer, see ß; 31 May 1892 – 30 June 1934) was a German politician and early leader of the Nazi Party. Along with his younger brother Otto, he was a leading member of the party's northern group, which brought them into conflict with the dominant faction led by Adolf Hitler. Gregor's willingness to engage in political negotiations with Chancellor Kurt von Schleicher in 1932 ultimately led to his resignation and murder in the Night of the Long Knives in 1934. The brothers' strand of the Nazi ideology is later known as Strasserism, a political concept largely popularized by Otto after he left the party in 1930.

Born in Bavaria, Strasser served in an Imperial German Army artillery regiment during World War I, rising to the rank of first lieutenant and winning the Iron Cross of both classes for bravery. After the war, he and his brother became members of Franz Ritter von Epp's Freikorps. He joined the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in 1920 and quickly became an influential and important figure in the fledgling party. In 1923, Strasser took part in the abortive Beer Hall Putsch in Munich and was imprisoned. After securing an early release following his election to the Reichstag, he joined a revived NSDAP in 1925 and once again established himself as a powerful and dominant member. A highly skilled organiser and effective public speaker, Strasser oversaw a major increase in the party's membership and reputation in northern Germany, transforming the NSDAP from a marginal southern party to a nationwide political force. By mid-1932, Strasser was in charge of the party's national organizational work.

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