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- Born
- 1873
- Died
- 1939
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Rede zur Begründung der Ablehnung des "Ermächitgungsgesetzes" durch die Sozialdemokratische Fraktion in der Reichstagssitzung vom 23. März 1933 in der Berliner Krolloper
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- Listeners
- 6
- Total plays
- 10
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,328x
- On the Origin of Cancer Cells
· 1956 · cited 11,327x
- Development and validation of a geriatric depression screening scale: A preliminary report
· 1982 · cited 11,059x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,795x
- Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
· 2020 · cited 9,734x
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Key facts
- Serving with
- Hermann Müller (1919–1931) , Arthur Crispien (1922–1933) , Hans Vogel (1931–1939)
- Preceded by
- Friedrich Ebert , Philipp Scheidemann
- Succeeded by
- Hans Vogel
- Constituency
- Frankfurt an der Oder
- Born
- 15 September 1873, Berlin , Prussia, Germany
- Died
- 16 September 1939 (1939-09-16) (aged 66), Paris , France
- Resting place
- Cimetière Nouveau de Châtenay-Malabry, France
- Party
- SPD (1891–1939)
- Spouse
- Bertha Antonie Reske ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1893 )
- Children
- Walter Hugo
- Occupation
- Politician Labor Leader Paper Hanger
- Allegiance
- German Empire
Key dates
- Born
- 15 September 1873
- Died
- 16 September 1939
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Otto
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- German Reich
- Place of birth
- Berlin
- Place of death
- Paris
- Occupation
- member of parliament
- Political party
- Social Democratic Party of Germany
- Languages spoken
- German
- Native language
- German
Article
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 the 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. After the passage of the Act effectively gave Hitler dictatorial power, Wels fled the country and established the SPD exile organization Sopade. He died in Paris in 1939, two weeks after the start of World War II.
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1873 births1939 deathsChairmen of the Social Democratic Party of GermanyExiles from Nazi GermanyGeneral German Trade Union Federation membersGerman expatriates in CzechoslovakiaGerman expatriates in FranceMembers of the 13th Reichstag of the German EmpireMembers of the Executive of the Labour and Socialist InternationalMembers of the Reichstag 1920–1924Members of the Reichstag 1924