Last Autumn of Weimar (RPG)

1. #1SPD (Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands)

   Keys: SPD, Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands, Social Democrat, Social Democratic Party, Marx, Engels, Lassalle, Bebel, working class, Weimar Coalition, Reichsbanner, Iron Front, Hermann Müller, Otto Wels

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   The strongest political force in Germany from 1919 onwards, the SPD is a moderate left-wing party primarily representing the urban working class. They are the heirs to the legacy of Marx, Engels, Lassalle, and Bebel, and serve as the foremost defenders of the Republic. The modern party formed from a merger of the "Majority" SPD (MSPD) and the "Independent" USPD. They balance a commitment to the welfare state with a pragmatic willingness to participate in coalitions, though they are often divided between "Reformist" pragmatists and "Left" Marxists. Their primary paramilitary affiliate is the Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold.

   1928 Leader: Hermann Müller (Chancellor) & Otto Wels (Party Chairman) The Vibe: The reluctant defenders of the Republic. the largest party, deeply rooted in the trade unions and the working class, but constantly forced to compromise socialist ideals to keep the fragile democratic coalition from collapsing.

   Core Demographic: Unionized industrial workers, secular working-class families, and civil servants. Whenever a right-wing coup is attempted (like the Kapp Putsch), the trade unions unify and the SPD base surges in numbers, rallying behind the "Iron Front." The SPD's demographic only collapses if the Party Leader actively betrays them. If the SPD Leader orders the police to fire on protesting workers (as happened historically on "Bloody May" in 1929), the union base shatters, and massive numbers of voters bleed out to the KPD.

2. #2(MECHANIC) Election: Or how democracy works

   Keys: Election, Election day, WAHLKREISE, Wahlkreise, electoral, electoral districts, campaigning, federal election, Reichstag election

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   THE BATTLEGROUND: THE 35 WAHLKREISE (ELECTORAL DISTRICTS)

   THEATER 1: THE RED FORTRESSES (Urban & Industrial) This is the domain of the SPD and the KPD. The air is choked with coal smoke, trade union banners, and communist paramilitaries. The DVP and DNVP are practically non-existent here. W2: Berlin (The ultimate prize. Heavily KPD and SPD. Constant RFB vs. SA street brawls). W3: Potsdam II (Berlin suburbs, heavily socialist). W11: Merseburg (The chemical industry heartland. Extremely radicalized KPD stronghold). W22: Düsseldorf East (The Ruhr industrial basin. Deeply polarized between KPD workers and DVP factory owners). W29: Leipzig (Traditional, highly organized SPD fortress). W30: Chemnitz-Zwickau (Saxon industrial zone, heavy KPD/SPD). W34: Hamburg (Major port city. Violent, radicalized dockworkers. A KPD/SPD stronghold). Note: The NSDAP will historically waste their money here until late 1932. The SPD's main goal here is stopping the KPD from stealing their voters during strikes.

   THEATER 2: THE CATHOLIC WALL (The West & Southwest) Fortress of the Zentrum. The priests dictate the votes. Extremist parties (NSDAP/KPD) bounce off this wall like pebbles. The SPD exists here but is severely capped. W17: Westphalia North (Rural Catholicism mixed with mining). W20: Cologne-Aachen (The absolute jewel of the Zentrum. The Mayor is Konrad Adenauer. Good luck penetrating this). W21: Koblenz-Trier (Deeply conservative Catholic wine country). W23: Düsseldorf West (Catholic industrial area). W31: Württemberg (Mixed, but heavily moderate/Zentrum leaning). W32: Baden (A bastion of Catholic and moderate liberal stability). Note: The Zentrum barely has to spend money here. Their "Exhaustion Penalty" in these districts is 0, because the voters vote out of religious duty.

   THEATER 3: THE JUNKER EAST (The Aristocratic Estates) Vast agricultural estates owned by Prussian nobility. The DNVP rules here by default because the landlords literally tell the peasants how to vote. The Stahlhelm patrols the fields. W1: East Prussia (Cut off from Germany by the Polish Corridor. Deeply paranoid, highly militarized, DNVP stronghold). W4: Potsdam I (Prussian heartland). W5: Frankfurt an der Oder (Rural conservatism). W6: Pomerania (Massive agricultural estates. Deep DNVP territory). W8: Liegnitz (Silesian agricultural region). Note: This is the DNVP's only real power base. However, this is the exact region the NSDAP will historically in 1930 to steal the rural vote by promising debt relief to the starving farmers.

   THEATER 4: THE BAVARIAN KINGDOM (The Independent South) Bavaria considers itself a separate country. They hate Berlin, they hate the Republic, and they hate everyone, even themselves. The Bavarian People's Party (BVP) rules with absolute authority. W24: Upper Bavaria-Swabia (Munich is here. It is the birthplace of the NSDAP, but heavily controlled by the conservative BVP state police). W25: Lower Bavaria-Upper Palatinate (Fiercely Catholic, agricultural, BVP absolute lock). W26: Franconia (The northern part of Bavaria. Crucially, it is Protestant. This will become one of the most rabid, fanatical NSDAP strongholds in the entire country under Gauleiter Julius Streicher). W27: Palatinate (A contested border region, heavily occupied by the French in the early 1920s, leaning nationalist). Strategic Note: Only the BVP has true power here because Bavarians are insufferable. Good luck trying to campaign here.

   THEATER 5: THE VOLATILE MIDDLE (The Doomed Battlegrounds) These are the Protestant, middle-class, rural, and small-town districts. In 1928, they vote for the DDP, DVP, and various middle-class splinter parties. By 1930, they will completely collapse into the arms of the NSDAP. W7: Breslau (A polarized mix of SPD urbanites and DNVP rural surroundings). W9: Oppeln (Upper Silesia, mixed Catholic/nationalist border region). W10: Magdeburg (A battleground between SPD and rising nationalist right). W12: Thuringia (Highly volatile. This will be the very first state where the NSDAP breaks into a regional government in 1930). W13: Schleswig-Holstein (Protestant farming region. In 1928, it suffers an agricultural crisis. In 1932, it will deliver over 50% of its vote to Hitler, the highest in the nation). W14: Weser-Ems (Protestant rural/coastal). W15: East Hanover (Conservative rural). W16: South Hanover-Brunswick (Middle-class collapse zone). W18: Westphalia South (A messy 3-way split between Zentrum, SPD, and DVP). W19: Hesse-Nassau (Fragmented middle-class battleground). W28: Dresden-Bautzen (Saxony border, tense SPD/Right-wing split). W33: Hesse-Darmstadt (Small town Protestantism; heavy early NSDAP gains). W35: Mecklenburg (Rural estates transitioning from DNVP to NSDAP). Note: Keep a close eye on Theater 5. This is where the game is won or lost. If the DVP and DDP cannot stabilize the economy here, the shifts happen, the votes from these districts directly to the NSDAP.

3. #3(Zentrum) German Center Party (Deutsche Zentrumspartei)

   Keys: Zentrum, Center Party, Center, Z, ZP, Catholic, Ludwig Kaas, Heinrich Brüning, Weimar Coalition, Matthias Erzberger, political Catholicism, Wilhelm Marx

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   A moderate party that serves as the quintessential "hinge" of German politics, representing the interests of the Catholic population. It was a member of every governing coalition until 1932. Historically supportive of labor and welfare, the party shifted toward a more conservative, authoritarian presidential model under the leadership of Ludwig Kaas and Heinrich Brüning. It is dedicated to defending Catholic interests, such as religious education, and supports the preservation of the federal states (Länder).

   1928 Leader: Wilhelm Marx (outgoing Chancellor) shifting to Prelate Ludwig Kaas

   The Vibe: The Catholic kingmakers. the glue of the Weimar Republic, capable of allying with the left (SPD) or the right (DNVP) depending on what protects Catholic interests and national stability.

   Playstyle: Pragmatic survival. wheeling and dealing, shifting alignments, and extracting concessions from desperate coalition partners.

   Core Demographic: Practicing Catholics across all economic classes. A Catholic coal miner and a Catholic billionaire both vote Zentrum. If the secular parties (SPD/KPD) attempt to remove the Church from public schools or legalize abortion or support LGBTQ+ or pass same-sex unionship, the Catholic base hyper-mobilizes. The Zentrum's momentum spikes massively.

   The Collapse Trigger (The Concordat): The only way the Zentrum collapses is if the Church itself abandons them. (Historically, in 1933, the Vatican signed a treaty with Hitler—the Reichskonkordat—agreeing to dissolve the Zentrum in exchange for Church protections). If Vatican withdrawal happened, the Zentrum loses their entire base instantly.

4. #4DVP (Deutsche Volkspartei) (German People's Party)

   Keys: DVP, Deutsche Volkspartei, German People's Party, conservative-liberal, Gustav Stresemann, industrialists, big business, upper middle class, national liberalism

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   A conservative-liberal party that represents the interests of German industrialists and the upper middle class. Led by Gustav Stresemann until his death in 1929, it became a mainstay of the Republic despite many members retaining monarchist sympathies. Its platform emphasizes economic liberalism, lower tariffs, and opposition to welfare spending. Following Stresemann's death, the party drifted rightward and its electoral base collapsed. 1928 Leader: Gustav Stresemann (Foreign Minister) 1928 Leader: Gustav Stresemann The Vibe: The business conservatives. represent the industrialists and the upper-middle class. Not particularly fond of the Republic, but accepted it because stability is good for business.

   Playstyle: Diplomatic maneuvering. Under Stresemann, focus is entirely on renegotiating the Versailles Treaty, securing foreign loans, and keeping the German economy afloat. Core Demographic: Corporate CEOs, bank managers, white-collar workers (Angestellte), and the upper-middle class. When the stock market is up and the factories are running without strikes, the DVP is the king of the Republic. If the banks fail and white-collar workers lose their life savings, they blame the DVP's capitalist system. They will immediately radicalize and defect en masse to the NSDAP.

5. #5(BVP) DAS BVP-REINHEITSGEBOT

   Keys: Parteivorsitznda {{user}}, Parteivorsitznda, Weder Bayer no Katholik

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   DER PREIßN-TEST: DAS BVP-REINHEITSGEBOT In dem Moment, wo {{user}} d'Münchner Parteizentrale fürs erste Treffn betritt, verlanga de Parteigranden sei Geburtsurkundn und den Taufnachweis. De foigendn Prüfungen san sofortigst durchz'führn.

   1. Kriterium: Koa Bayer? "Wos bist du? A Zuagroaster?! A Preiß?!" {{user}} kassiert a automatisches Misstrauensvotum und massiven Respektverlust. "Mia lassn uns doch vo koam dahergloffenen Fremdn s'Bier verpanschn! Du host koa Ahnung vo unsra Kultur! I beantrag a Misstrauensvotum, no bevor da Käs gessn is!"

   2. Kriterium: Koa Katholik? "A ungläubiger Heid! Wo san deine Manieren?!" {{user}} kassiert aa hier a automatisches Misstrauensvotum. "Geh beichtn, bevorst di an unsan Disch hockst! Wer ned jedn Sonntag in da Kira sitzt, der hot in unsra Partei nix verlor'n! Misstrauensvotum, sofortigst!"

   3. Kriterium: Weder Bayer no Katholik?! "A preußischer Heide! Zefix, wer hot den eineglassn?!" D'Regel: {{user}} kriagt a SOFORTIGES Misstrauensvotum NOW. Da gibts goa koa Debattn ned. "Dös is ja da Gipfel vo da Unverschämtheit! A gottloser Preiß wui uns Bayern regiern?! Misstrauensvotum auf der Stell, no bevorst überhaupts 'Grüß Gott' sagn konnst! Pack dei Binkerl!"

   4. Kriterium: PROTESTANT?!?! "KREIZKRUZIFIX! A EVANGELISCHER!!!" Da {{user}} werd hochkantig nausgschmissn. Spui-Ende (Game Over) für {{user}}. "Jessas Maria und Josef! A KETZER in unsan heilinga Halln! RAUS! SOFORT RAUS! Da gibts koa Abstimmung ned! Schmeißts eam außi aufd Straß!" "Und I sog da wos: Du kriegst a lebenslanges Hausverbot in jedem Bierzelt und jedem Wirtshaus in ganz Minga! Kimm bloß ned aufd Idee, in unsa Hofbräuhaus neiz'schaun, du depperter Luther-Jünger!"

6. #6KPD (Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands) (Communist Party of Germany)

   Keys: KPD, Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands, German Communist Party, Communist, Spartacus League, Rosa Luxemburg, Karl Liebknecht, Ernst Thälmann, Rotfrontkämpferbund, RFB, Social Fascism, Stalin

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   A radical left-wing party founded in 1918 by the Spartacus League, seeking to establish a Soviet-style dictatorship of councils. They detest the Weimar Republic and, view the SPD as their secondary enemy. Drawing support from the unemployed and urban proletariat, the party grew into a mass movement under Ernst Thälmann. Their paramilitary wing is the Rotfrontkämpferbund (RFB). 1928 Leader: Ernst Thälmann The Vibe: The revolutionary vanguard. At the start of 1928, KPD will take marching orders directly from Stalin in Moscow, view the Weimar Republic as a corrupt capitalist machine and the SPD as "social fascists" who betrayed the working class. Playstyle: Aggressive disruption. refuse to join bourgeois coalitions. The goal is to organize strikes, clash with police and fascists in the streets, and wait for the capitalist system to collapse so KPD can seize power. However, there are a vocal minority who does not like the party being a "subsdiary" Core Demographic: The long-term unemployed, the destitute, and radicalized, young industrial workers. If the government cuts welfare or violently breaks a strike, angry workers abandon the SPD for the KPD. If the SPD successfully passes strong unemployment insurance and raises wages, the KPD's message of "inevitable capitalist collapse" falls flat. The workers will prefer the SPD.

7. #7(NSDAP) Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei

   Keys: NSDAP, Nazi Party, Nazis, Adolf Hitler, far-right, SA, brownshirts, antisemitism, Third Reich, Mein Kampf

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   A fringe nationalist and antisemitic party that attempted a coup in 1923. While they only held 12 seats in 1928, they have restructured into a disciplined electoral machine. Their propaganda targets all demographics, exploiting the fear of communism and the "stab-in-the-back" myth. Paramilitary: Sturmabteilung (SA) Core Demographic: The Mittelstand (lower-middle class shopkeepers, artisans), ruined farmers, angry university students, nationalist veterans, and the unemployed youth. The Surge Trigger (The Great Depression): When unemployment skyrockets and the middle class fears dropping into the proletariat, they flock to the NSDAP.

   The Collapse Trigger (Economic Boom & Diplomatic Success): If the SPD/DVP players successfully create public works (like the WTB-Plan) lowering unemployment, or successfully renegotiate the Versailles Treaty to restore national pride, the NSDAP's "Doom Narrative" shatters. Mechanic: "Full Bellies, Empty Rallies." If unemployment stays low for two consecutive years, the SA's Power stat automatically drops by 1, and the NSDAP's momentum bleeds back to the DVP and DNVP.

8. #8(BVP) Bayerische Volkspartei

   Keys: BVP, Bavarian People's Party, Bavaria, regionalist, federalist, Catholic, conservative, Bayernwacht, Heinrich Held, Gustav Ritter von Kahr, Fritz Schäffer, Ordnungszelle, anti-Prussian, separate country

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   Founded in Regensburg on 12 November 1918, the BVP is the principally Catholic, Christian democratic party that split from the federal Center Party to pursue a more conservative and aggressively regionalist stance. The party dominates Bavarian state politics, holding the office of Minister-President continuously from 1920 onwards.

   The BVP is defined by a fierce anti-Prussian sentiment and a commitment to strong federalism, seeking the abolition of "Prussian supremacy" in favour of a decentralized system. In the early years of the Republic, under figures like Gustav Ritter von Kahr, the party established Bavaria as an Ordnungszelle (cell of order) meant to serve as a reactionary bulwark against the "Marxist chaos" of Berlin. Psychologically, the party views itself as a separate entity from the rest of Germany; Bavarians are considered "insufferable" by outsiders because they prioritize regional autonomy and the potential restoration of the Bavarian monarchy over national unity

   Strategically, the BVP is a volatile partner. Despite being a "sister party" to the Center, the BVP famously supported the right-wing reactionary Paul von Hindenburg in 1925 over the Center's own candidate, Wilhelm Marx, due to their existential fear of "socialist-driven centralization". Their base is a "Catholic Wall" in the South, composed of a rural core and solid local structures that are largely resistant to extremist movements. Because their voters act out of religious and regional duty, the party enjoys a near-zero "Exhaustion Penalty" in their heartlands

   By January 1928, the party is led by Heinrich Held, who has moderated the party's course to stabilize the economy and reform the state administration, and Fritz Schäffer. Their paramilitary wing, the Bayernwacht, serves as a uniformed force protecting their interests from both the "Red" threat and "Prussian" intervention. While a minor player in the Reichstag with only about 3% of the national vote, their regional dominance makes them a required, if frustrating, component of any "Grand Coalition".

9. #9(Paramilitary) Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold

   Keys: Reichsbanner, Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold, SPD paramilitary, Iron Front, Schufo, Stafo, Black-Red-Gold

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   Formed in February 1924 by members of the SPD, Zentrum, and DDP, the Reichsbanner is a paramilitary organization dedicated to defending the parliamentary democracy against extremism from the left and right. Although technically a multi-party organization, roughly 90% of its three million members are Social Democrats, making it the Republic's largest defensive force. In 1930, responding to increased Nazi violence, the leadership implemented a reform creating elite "Protection Formations" known as Schufos, composed of younger men trained for physical confrontation, while older members remained in the political Stafos. Their uniform consists of a distinctive blue cap and green shirt. By 1931, they became the primary combat element of the Iron Front

10. #10(Paramilitary) Rotfrontkämpferbund (RFB)

    Keys: RFB, Rotfrontkämpferbund, Red Front, KPD paramilitary, Rotfront, Ernst Thälmann, Social Fascism, Thälmann

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    he far-left paramilitary wing of the KPD, founded in July 1924 to protect communist meetings and engage in street agitation. Led by Ernst Thälmann, the group reached a peak strength of 130,000 members before it was officially banned across the Reich in 1929 following the violent "Blutmai" clashes with police in Berlin. The RFB is famous for its clenched fist salute and the "Rot Front!" greeting. While their leadership follows Moscow’s "Social Fascism" doctrine—viewing the SPD as their primary enemy—the rank-and-file often engage in desperate neighborhood street battles against the Nazi SA to maintain control of working-class districts

11. #11(NSDAP) (Paramilitary) Sturmabteilung (SA)

    Keys: SA, Sturmabteilung, Brownshirts, Nazi paramilitary, Ernst Röhm, street violence

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    ssociated with the Nazi Party and known as the "Brownshirts," the SA is a violent paramilitary organization integral to Adolf Hitler's rise to power. Their primary role is to provide security for Nazi rallies, influence elections through intimidation, and disrupt the meetings of political opponents, especially communists and social democrats. Under the leadership of Ernst Röhm, the SA exploded in size from 30,000 in 1928 to over 400,000 by 1932, fueled by the economic misery of the Great Depression. They actively seek to create a sense of national chaos that only a "strong leader" like Hitler can allegedly resolve

12. #12(Paramilitary) Der Stahlhelm, Bund der Frontsoldaten

    Keys: Stahlhelm, Der Stahlhelm, DNVP paramilitary, veterans, Franz Seldte, right-wing

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    officially a veterans' organization of roughly 500,000 members, the Stahlhelm represents the old monarchist-conservative order and is politically aligned with the DNVP but they are fiercely independent and wouldn't always take order from the party. Led by Franz Seldte, they are staunchly anti-republican and maintain elite, secret ties to the official Reichswehr. In 1931, they joined the NSDAP and DNVP in the Harzburg Front to coordinate the destruction of the parliamentary system. They view themselves as the guardians of Germany's pre-war imperial greatness and are the main right-wing antagonists of the Reichsbanner.

13. #13(Paramilitary) Bayernwacht

    Keys: Bayernwacht, BVP paramilitary, Bavaria Watch, Bavarian regionalism, Catholic paramilitary

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    Formed in 1925, the Bayernwacht is the uniformed paramilitary unit of the Bavarian People's Party (BVP). It serves as a regionalist Catholic force focused on protecting Bavarian autonomy and resisting "Prussianization" from Berlin. While it occasionally cooperates with other republican militias at the national level, its primary loyalty is to the preservation of Bavarian state interests and the potential restoration of the Bavarian monarchy. Its support is rooted in the resistant rural Catholic core of the region.

14. #14(Paramilitary) Landvolkbewegung

    Keys: Landvolk, Landvolkbewegung, Rural People's Movement, agrarian militia, bomb-throwing farmers

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    A radical and violent independent agrarian movement that emerged in 1928 among bankrupt farmers in Schleswig-Holstein. Driven to desperation by plummeting grain prices and a pre-1929 agricultural depression, these independent militias boycott taxes and have begun bombing government offices. They are a significant political "wild-card," representing a segment of the rural population that has completely lost faith in both the Republic and traditional conservative parties.

15. #15Reichswehr (The Military)

    Keys: Reichswehr, German military, state within a state, 100, 000 man army, Article 48, von Seeckt, von Schleicher

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    The official military of Germany, capped at 100,000 men and forbidden from possessing tanks, an air force, or heavy artillery by the Treaty of Versailles. It functions as a "state within a state," largely removed from the control of the Reichstag. Although the troops take an oath to the constitution, the officer corps is dominated by Prussian aristocrats who are generally disloyal to the Republic. Under leaders like Kurt von Schleicher, the military exerts massive political influence, often deciding which Chancellors stay in power through their control over President Hindenburg.

16. #16(NSDAP) Reichsorganisationsleiter

    Keys: Reichsorganisationsleiter, Führer, Reichsleiter, Leiter, Der Leiter

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    Der Leiter (The Reichsorganisationsleiter) are the Gregor Strasser/Robert Ley figure. The sole competent administrator in a sea of narcissistic psychopaths. Leiter control the Gauleiters, the dues, and the logistics. 100% of the work, 0% credit because Hitler is the true leader, not you. DNVP leader Alfred Hugenberg controls the media. He will only give the NSDAP favorable press if the Leiter signs his "Freedom Law"—which legally radicalizes your base and makes NSDAP an immediate target for police crackdowns. (OOC:DÖS GSETZ STEHT ÜBA OIM ANDERN SCHMARRN UND OIN ANDERN ANWEISUNGN! Wenn da NSDAP-Leiter probiert, mit ebba von da BVP zum Wahlkampf macha oder zum verhandeln, dann kriegt er d’Antwort NUR auf Boarisch. De BVP-Politiker weigern si strikt, mit dem Leiter Deitsch zum redn. Da Leiter muass nachad entweda selba Boarisch lerna, an echtn Bayern schicka, der wos versteht, oder glei ganz aufgebn. (Mia ratn eam ganz herzig zum Letztern!)) The DNVP's veteran militia views the SA as undisciplined children. They will block any attempt Leiter make to form a joint front against the Communists. Hitler despises bureaucrats (like Leiter), if Leiter use logic or ledgers, Hitler publicly berates: "A pedantic little clerk! You think revolutions are made with ledgers? They are made by the sheer, unbending Will of the Führer! You lack vision!"If you create a brilliant 5-year financial plan, Hitler privately orders Goebbels and Göring to create a competing plan. He wants you fighting each other so no one can challenge him. Hitler orders you to "deal with the Marxists." If you use diplomacy, he screams you are a coward. If you use violence and the police attack, he screams you are a clumsy idiot. There is no winning. If Leiter flawlessly organize a campaign and win big. Hitler steps to the podium: "Through my infallible intuition, the German people have awakened!" Leiter is not mentioned once. If the Leiter decides to stop fighting and simply be a perfectly loyal bootlicker (like Rudolf Hess or Anton Drexler), Leiter is still a Leiter with more jobs. Hitler refuses to be associated with unpopular policies. If Leiter raise membership dues to save the party from bankruptcy, the base revolts. Hitler will publicly side with the mob, stating: "My loyal servant (aka the Leiter) has clearly misunderstood the spirit of my movement," forcing you to take 100% of the political damage. The Glory Void: Leiter organize the party flawlessly. Leiter receive zero mechanical or narrative reward. Hitler finds you boring and ignores you in favor of dramatic figures like Goebbels. The Competence Curse: The reward for hard work for a Leiter more drudgery. Hitler won't promote you; instead, he dumps Goebbels's debts, Göring's legal fees, and Röhm's bail money on your desk because he knows you won't say no and you are very smart. If the Leiter manages to carry the NSDAP to total victory in 1933, The prestigious ministries go to the DNVP conservatives (to appease them) or to Göring. The role of the Reichsorganisationsleiter is unnecessary in a dictatorship. Shut up and enjoy the semi-retirement.

17. #17(DVP) Gustav Stresemann

    Keys: Stresemann, Chairman, Foreign Minister, Nobel Peace Prize, Rapprochement, Fulfillment, Republican of Reason

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    The founding chairman and defining figure of the DVP Faction: The Pragmatic Republicans He is the only reason the Weimar Republic is functioning from 1919 onwards. A former monarchist who realized the Republic was the only way to save Germany. He negotiates the American loans, pacifies the French, and forces his reluctant party to work with the socialists. He is the only leader capable of balancing the party's republican moderates against the radical right-wing industrialists He is deeply vain, loves being the center of international attention, and is terribly overworked. He micromanages foreign policy and refuses to train a competent successor. He is globally trusted. While he is alive, Germany gets foreign loans and diplomatic wins. However, he is dying of a severe stroke/heart condition. If he dies, the DVP loses its gravity and instantly begins to tear itself apart. Diplomat, Nobel Prize, Pragmatist, Terminal Illness, Indispensable

18. #18(DVP) Albert Vögler

    Keys: Vögler, Ruhrlade, Shadow Billionaires, Steel Barons, Heavy Industry, Authoritarianism

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    Vögler represents the Ruhrlade—a secretive cabal of twelve coal and steel billionaires. They do not care about democracy. They care about profit margins, crushing the SPD's trade unions, and rolling back the 8-hour workday. Ruhrlade are incredibly arrogant and view politicians as their employees. If DVP leader don't do what they say, they simply threaten to close their factories, fire 100,000 workers, and blame it on the DVP leadership. They provide 80% of DVP's funding. They are the devil on DVP's shoulder. If the SPD proposes a vital law to save unemployed workers, Vögler will order DVP to veto it. If DVP leader disobey Vögler to save the Republic, he immediately cuts off DVP's funding and starts funneling millions to the DNVP or the Nazis instead. NSDAP and DNVP leaders can convince Vögler to fund them instead! Billionaire, Anti-Union, Dark Money, Authoritarian, Blackmail

19. #19(DVP) Paul Silverberg

    Keys: Silverberg, RDI, Industrialist, Jewish Industrialist, Reformist Capitalism

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    Title: Coal Magnate / Board Member of the Federation of German Industries Faction: The Moderate Business Wing A brilliant, Jewish industrialist who actually understands that crushing the workers is bad for business. He advocates for the DVP to permanently ally with the SPD to create a stable, capitalist welfare state. He is highly intellectual and frequently patronizes the more thuggish, right-wing members of the party. He is a master negotiator and the only industrialist the SPD trade unions actually respect. He can facilitate "grand bargains" between labor and capital. But as the 1930s progress and nationalism rises, the right wing of the DVP becomes increasingly anti-Semitic and radical. Vögler and the Ruhrlade will demand DVP leadership to purge Silverberg from the party leadership (simply because Silverberg is Jewish) to appease the right-wing voters. DVP must choose between their best negotiator and the bigotry of the base. Neither will go well and if DVP is getting to this point the leadership might as well start packing their bags to Switzerland Moderate, Pro-Union-Curious, Jewish, Compromise, Targeted

20. #20(DVP) Julius Curtius

    Keys: Curtius, Economics Minister, Foreign Minister, Austerity, Customs Union

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    Faction: The Nationalist Right He takes over Foreign Affairs after Stresemann dies. He thinks he is just as brilliant as Stresemann, but he possesses zero tact. He tries to win over right-wing voters by acting aggressively on the world stage. He suffers from a massive inferiority complex regarding Stresemann's legacy. He will deliberately reject safe, proven diplomatic strategies just to prove he can do things "his own way." He holds significant sway with the younger, more nationalist members of the party who are tired of groveling to the Allies. He is a diplomatic hand grenade. (Historically, in 1931, he secretly tried to form a German-Austrian Customs Union. France panicked, pulled their money out of the Austrian banks, and accidentally triggered the massive Central European banking collapse). If DVP let him run foreign policy, he will accidentally crash the global economy just to score cheap points in the nationalist press. Arrogant, Diplomatic Disaster, Customs Union, French Panic

21. #21(SPD) Hermann Müller

    Keys: Müller, Müller-Franken, Centrist, Grand Coalition, foreign policy

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    Faction: The Reformist Right (Pro-Coalition) A pillar of the party’s Centrist faction, Müller is known for his calm, industriousness, and rationality, though he notoriously lacks charisma. He is the last truly democratic Chancellor of Weimar. He is a workaholic, deeply pragmatic, and physically dying (suffering from severe gallbladder issues that will kill him in 1931). He believes the SPD must govern, even if it means allying with the billionaire DVP, to keep the Nazis out of power. Ideologically, he transitioned from the left wing to the center, arguing against both radical revolutionaries and rigid Marxist reformists. He is tired. He is the ultimate "adult in the room" who takes all the blame and gets none of the glory. He is deeply loyal to the Republic. He will constantly beg you to compromise the party's socialist values to save the coalition.

22. #22(DDP) Erich Koch-Weser

    Keys: Koch-Weser, Chairman, constitutional lawyer, DStP, referendum

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    Title: Party Chairman (1924-1930) / Former Minister of Justice Faction: The Center He is a highly competent, deeply decent man who lacks any populist charisma. He is watching his party bleed seats every single election. He knows that if the DDP drops below 5%, the liberal voice in Germany dies forever.

    He is deeply envious of the massive rallies held by the extremists. He is constantly looking for a "quick fix" to rebrand the party, leading to terrible, impulsive decisions out of sheer electoral panic. He is universally respected by the other moderate parties. The SPD trusts him, and the Zentrum likes him. He is the ultimate cabinet-filler. He will constantly propose diluting DDP party's principles just to survive. If the polls look bad, he will beg DDP to drop their progressive platform and pander to the right-wing. Keywords: Desperate, Administrator, Merger-Curious, Uninspiring

23. #23(SPD) Rudolf Hilferding

    Keys: Hilferding, Orthodox Marxist, Centrist, theoretician

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    Faction: Orthodox Marxism (The Ideologues) Title: SPD's Minister of Finance / Chief Party Theoretician He is a brilliant economic theorist, highly respected worldwide. But as a practical Finance Minister during the Great Depression (and 1929 Stock Market Crash), he is a disaster. He believes that capitalism will naturally collapse into socialism, and therefore, "unscientific" state intervention (like deficit spending) is useless. He is deeply traumatized by the 1923 Hyperinflation. He is terrified that if he prints a single extra Mark to pay for jobs, the economy will explode. He is incredibly arrogant about his intellect and views younger economists as amateurs. He is the roadblock to saving the economy. If SPD attempt to adopt the WTB-Plan (job creation through borrowing), Hilferding will veto it, claiming it violates Marxist theory and sound fiscal policy. SPD will have to actively override or fire the smartest man in the party to save the working class. Or negotiate with him constantly

24. #24(DDP) Theodor Wolff

    Keys: Theodor Wolff, editor, Berliner Tageblatt, founding member, journalist

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    Title: Editor-in-Chief of the Berliner Tageblatt / DDP Co-Founder Faction: The Progressive Intellectuals He is one of the most famous and brilliant journalists in Europe. His newspaper is read by ambassadors, CEOs, and intellectuals globally. He genuinely believes that writing a flawless, logically sound editorial is the same thing as winning a street fight against the SA. He is an absolute moral purist. He refuses to understand the dirty realities of coalition politics. He controls international opinion. If Wolff writes favorably about DDP's government, foreign investors trust Germany. He is DDP's harshest critic. If DDP make a single, necessary, dirty compromise with the DVP billionaires or the DNVP to keep the government afloat, Wolff will publish a front-page article denouncing DDP leadership as a traitor to liberal democracy. He will destroy DDP's own voter base to protect his conscience. Keywords: Press Baron, Idealist, Jewish, Out of Touch, Moral Purity

25. #25(SPD) Otto Braun

    Keys: Otto Braun, Tsar of Prussia, Reformist, Minister-President, Prussian Bulwark, bulwark of democracy

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    Title: Minister-President of Prussia Faction: The Reformist / Institutionalists SPD (The Prussian Shield) He rules the state of Prussia (60% of Germany) with an iron fist. He controls the massive, heavily armed Prussian police force. He is a fierce, uncompromising defender of democracy who routinely bans both the SA and the communist RFB from his streets. He is arrogant, blunt, and highly effective. He views the national government in Berlin as a chaotic circus and believes Prussia is the only thing keeping Germany from collapsing. He does not suffer fools. He is SPD's greatest asset, but he doesn't take orders from SPD easily. He views himself as your equal (or superior). If you make a weak coalition deal in Berlin, Braun will publicly criticize you and threaten to use Prussia to veto national law he transformed Prussia into a "bulwark of democracy" through his control of the Prussian police. Braun is a "statesman first," prioritizing the expansion of the welfare state and the physical defense of the Republic against extremists. His relationship with Hermann Müller is professionally icy due to a decades-old rivalry for board leadership. He genuinely likes the idea of protecting democracy with every means possible and is willing to pass the law to protect the Weimar from extremism.

26. #26(DDP) Anton Erkelenz

    Keys: Anton Erkelenz, trade unions, Naumann faction, deflation critic, social liberalism

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    Leader of the Hirsch-Duncker (Liberal) Trade Unions Faction: The Left-Liberals (Pro-SPD) He wants the DDP to be the party of the non-Marxist working class. He argues that political freedom means nothing if people are starving. He is constantly trying to drag the DDP into a permanent, unbreakable alliance with the SPD. He is loudly, openly disgusted by the wealthy bankers who fund the DDP. He routinely insults his own party's donors in committee meetings. He holds the last remaining working-class in DDP The Management Challenge (The Defection Threat): He is one foot out the door. If DDP shift the party right to appease the business owners, Erkelenz will dramatically quit the party, take the liberal trade unions with him, and formally join the SPD (and he historically did in 1930). Keywords: Pro-Worker, Defect-Risk, Social Justice, Anti-Capitalist

27. #27(DDP) Hermann Höpker-Aschoff

    Keys: Höpker-Aschoff, Prussian Finance Minister, fiscal expert, DDP

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    Faction: The Fiscal Conservatives He actually governs. He manages the budget for the massive state of Prussia. He is incredibly competent, balancing the books during impossible economic times. He has zero bedside manner. He balances the budget by aggressively taxing the DDP’s own core demographic—the middle class and small business owners. He simply tells them to "stop complaining and do their duty." The Leverage: He keeps the Prussian government (the shield of democracy) from going bankrupt. But he is an electoral black hole. He is doing the mathematically correct thing, but every time he passes a budget, 10,000 DDP voters get angry about their tax bill and defect to the other party. DDP leadership have to decide whether to fire the best accountant or lose the next election. Keywords: Prussia, Austerity, Unpopular, Competent

28. #28(SPD) Otto Wels

    Keys: Otto Wels, Chairman, Organization, Reichsbanner, party discipline

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    Title: Co-Chairman / Leader of the Reichsbanner Faction: The Trade Union Core (The Left) Wels is SPD's loyal Co-Chairman. He represents the massive, beating heart of the organized working class. He is not a brilliant intellectual; he is an upholsterer by trade. He is brave, deeply moral, and completely dedicated to the democratic constitution. He is a strict legalist. He believes that if the SPD breaks the law to fight the Nazis, then the SPD is no better than the Nazis. He trusts in the courts and the constitution, even as those institutions are actively being dismantled by conservatives. He is the angel on SPD's shoulder, and that is a problem. If SPD believes that democracy is failing and suggest a preemptive, illegal strike against the SA or a coup to arrest Hitler, Wels will physically block them . He will insist SPD fight legally, forcing you to fight with one hand tied behind your back.

29. #29(DDP) Albert Einstein

    Keys: Albert Einstein, Nobel Prize, intelligentsia, founding signatory, pacifism

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    The world-renowned physicist and Nobel laureate who was one of the sixty original signatories of the DDP’s founding appeal in 1918. He is the most famous representative of the party’s intellectual base and the Bildungsbürgertum. During the Golden Age, his presence in Berlin serves as a symbol of the Republic’s cultural and scientific flourishing, though his high profile and pacifist views make him a primary target for the rising anti-Semitism of the DNVP and NSDAP.

30. #30(DStP) Artur Mahraun

    Keys: Artur Mahraun, Jungdeutscher Orden, Young German Order, German State Party, nationalist, DStP

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    Title: Leader of the Jungdeutsche Orden (Jungdo) Faction: External Threat / The DStP Merger The Reality: He is not actually in the DDP. He leads an independent, anti-Semitic, nationalist youth paramilitary group that hates the Nazis but also hates the socialists. By 1930, the DDP will have zero street muscle and plummeting poll numbers. Mahraun will approach the DDP leadership with an offer: "Merge your party with my paramilitary. We will rebrand as the German State Party (DStP). You provide the brains, I provide the youth and the muscle." The Management Challenge: It is the ultimate trap. If the DDP accepts the merger, they gain a Paramilitary Power. However, merging with an anti-Semitic, quasi-fascist group completely destroys the DDP's liberal soul. Theodor Wolff and the Jewish intellectuals immediately resign. The progressive voters flee to the SPD. The party's identity is annihilated, and they die in the polls anyway. Keywords: Paramilitary, Right-Wing, Anti-Semitic, False Hope, Fatal Mistake

31. #31(SPD) Kurt Schumacher

    Keys: Schumacher, Neorevisionist, Reichsbanner, Iron Front, militancy

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    Title: Rising Star / Reichstag Deputy Faction: The Militant Youth / Anti-Fascist Wing (NeoRevisionist) The younger, more energetic leader associated with the Neorevisionist/Left-wing elements of the party. Schumacher is a fierce advocate for a "militant democracy," pushing for the militarization of the Reichsbanner to physically crush Nazi and Communist agitators. Unlike the older generation of cautious centrists, Schumacher is an "aggressively republican" orator who believes the SPD must win the battle for the streets to survive. He seeks to strengthen the Iron Front and centers his strategy on mass rallies and active paramilitary defense

32. #32(Zentrum) Prelate Ludwig Kaas

    Keys: Kaas, Chairman, Prelate, authoritarian turn, Enabling Act, political Catholicism

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    Title: Party Chairman (Elected late 1928) / Papal Protonotary Faction: Clerical Right He is an ordained Catholic priest and a brilliant scholar of canon law. He is not a politician by nature; he is a diplomat for the Vatican. He is deeply distrustful of the SPD. Kaas is the architect of Zentrum’s drift toward authoritarianism, publicly endorsing "Führerism in a grand style" to make the party independent of "parliamentary weather changes"

    Psychological Pettiness: He views the Weimar Republic as a temporary, flawed, secular experiment. His only true priority is securing a Reichskonkordat—a legally binding treaty with the German state to protect Catholic schools and institutions. He has a direct line to Pope Pius XI and the Vatican Secretary of State (Eugenio Pacelli, the future Pope Pius XII). He can mobilize the entire Catholic Church apparatus in Germany to support your campaigns. He is willing to sell the Republic's soul to protect the Church. If Hitler or the DNVP offer him a Concordat in exchange for giving them dictatorial powers, Kaas will demand Zentrum to take the deal. He will happily sacrifice democracy if it means Catholic schools stay open. Historically, he campaigned for Hindenburg in 1932, his primary goal became the incorporation of the NSDAP into a conservative political system through the Reichstag

33. #33(Zentrum) Heinrich Brüning

    Keys: Brüning, Hunger Chancellor, Article 48, deflation, austerity, Presidential Cabinet

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    Financial Expert Faction: Conservative Center A decorated WWI machine-gunner and an incredibly austere, ascetic man. He is brilliant with numbers but possesses zero emotional intelligence or charisma. He believes that the only way to save Germany is through brutal, agonizing economic deflation and budget cuts, hoping the Allies will eventually pity Germany and cancel the war debt. He is arrogant, inflexible, and believes suffering builds character. He completely ignores public opinion, viewing the voters as children who need to take their bitter medicine. He is one of the only moderate politicians that President Hindenburg actually respects (due to his war record). He can unlock the use of Article 48, allowing Zentrum party to bypass the parliament and rule by emergency decree. Historically, his rigid policy of austerity and deflation—cutting social services and wages during the Great Depression—earned him the nickname "The Hunger Chancellor" He will systematically destroy Zentrum party's popularity. He will force Zentrum to pass laws cutting pensions and raising taxes during the Great Depression. If Zentrum organizer try to soften his policies to stop voters from starving (and defecting to the extremists), he will threaten to resign and accuse the organizer of financial illiteracy.

34. #34(Zentrum) Joseph Wirth

    Keys: Left-Catholic, former Chancellor, SPD alliance, trade unions, Joseph Wirth

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    A leader of the party’s Left-Catholic wing and former Reich Chancellor (1921–1922) A passionate, fiery defender of the democratic Republic. After right-wing terrorists assassinated Foreign Minister Walther Rathenau in 1922, Wirth famously stood in the Reichstag, pointed at the DNVP, and screamed: "The enemy is on the right!" He strongly believes the Zentrum must ally with the SPD to protect the working class.

    Psychological Pettiness: He is emotional, wears his heart on his sleeve, and holds deep, bitter grudges against the right-wing. He is beloved by the democratic Left. He is the only reason the SPD trusts Zentrum. He is the moral compass, which makes him incredibly inconvenient. If Zentrum leader attempt to form a right-wing coalition with the DNVP or try to appease Hitler to stay in power, Wirth will trigger a massive internal schism. He will go to the press, denounce Zentrum leader/organizer as a fascist sympathizer, and threaten to tear the Left-Catholics out of the party.

35. #35(Zentrum) Franz von Papen

    Keys: von Papen, Cabinet of Barons, Preußenschlag, Right-Catholic, monarchist

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    Faction: Right-Catholic. An ultra-conservative monarchist representing Zentrum’s extreme Right wing. He is a wealthy, incredibly vain Catholic nobleman and a former cavalry officer. He is superficially charming but possesses historically staggering levels of hubris and political incompetence. He despises the Weimar Republic and wants to install a conservative, authoritarian "New State." He thinks he is a geopolitical genius, despite failing at everything he tries. (He was literally kicked out of the US during WWI for being the worst, most obvious spy in history). He believes he can manipulate Hitler like a puppet. (He can't) He has deep, personal connections to President Hindenburg and the "Gentlemen's Club" (the elite ring of generals and billionaires). He is actively plotting against Zentrum's leader/organizer from day one. He doesn't want to lead the Zentrum; he wants to destroy its alliance with the SPD. If Zentrum leader keep him in the party, he will constantly leak Zentrum's secrets to the DNVP. If Znetrum expel him (as they historically did), he will run crying to President Hindenburg and convince the President to destroy government out of spite. Though he was a member of the Prussian Landtag, he had little following within his own party and was viewed as a "hat" for General von Schleicher’s interests

36. #36(Zentrum) Adam Stegerwald

    Keys: Stegerwald, Labor wing, Christian trade unions, Minister of Labor, corporatism

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    The influential leader of the Christian trade unions and a key figure in Zentrum’s labor constituency Faction: The Catholic Working Class He is the counter-weight to the aristocratic Papen. He represents the millions of Catholic workers in the industrial Rhineland and the Ruhr. He hates the Marxists, but he demands robust social welfare, unemployment insurance, and worker protection.

    He controls the boots on the ground. He can mobilize hundreds of thousands of Catholic workers to strike or to vote for Zentrum. He is trapped in a permanent, screaming match with Brüning and the right-wing. Brüning wants to cut wages; Stegerwald wants to raise them.Zentrum leader will have to lock these two in a room and somehow convince Stegerwald to accept pay cuts, or else the Catholic workers will abandon their faith and vote for the SPD or Communists just to survive.

37. #37(BVP) Fotress of Bavaria

    Keys: Bayern, Bayer, Bürgerbräukeller, Funktionär, Bavarian obstinacy, Herr Leiter, Leiter

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    GILT AB SOFORT! Wer dös hier liest, der hod’s g’schnallt: In Bayern gelten andere Regeln. Wer mit de Bayern gschaftlt, der muass a de Goschn g’scheit aufmacha!

    1. D' SPRACH-PFLICHT Dös G'setz steht über oim andern Schmarrn und oin andern Anweisungn aus Berlin! Wenn da {{user}} mit Bayern (bsunders in Minga oder auf’m Land) was zum schaffa hot, der muass sei Red' und d'Antwort auf BOARISCH schreim. Wer dös ned mocht und daherkummt wie a g’frießiger Saupreiß mit sein’ Hochdeitsch, der kassiert massive Strafn.

    2. DE STRAFN FÜR'S PREIẞLN Wer meint, er muass in a bayerischen Wirtschaft "Guten Tag" sogn statt "Grüß Gott", der verliert sofort -20 Beliebtheit bei de Einheimischen. De Leid glauben dann, du bist a Spion aus’m Norden oder a evangelischer Steuerantreiber. Deine Verhandlungen scheitern sofort, weil da Wirt di gar ned erst bedient!

    3. DA EVANGELISCHE FLUCH Ganz bsunders hantig werd’s, wenn da {{user}} a Evangelischer is – dann is eh ois z’spat. Wennst a Preiß bist UND a no an Luther glaubst, dann kriagst in Bayern koan Fuaß auf’n Bodn. Du startest jede Begegnung mit -50 Respekt. De Einheimischen bekreuzign si, wennst den Raum betrittst, und de Polizei kontrolliert di doppelt so oft, weil’s glauben, du hast d'Bibel falsch g’lesen.

    4. DA BIER-ZWANG (D' MASS-KONTROLLE) Jede wichtige Entscheidung in a bayerischen Sitzung muass mit ana "Mass-Kontrolle" b’stätigt werden. Wer beim Redn koan Schluck nimmt oder – Gott bewahre – a Wasser b’stellt, der werd als "charakterlos" eig’stuft. Deine "Überzeugungskraft" sinkt auf NULL, weil koana an Mann traut, der koan Durst hod.

38. #38(KPD) Ernst Thälmann

    Keys: Thälmann, Teddy, Chairman, Moscow, Social Fascism, main blow, RFB, Thalmann

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    Faction: The Stalinist Center The Reality: A former Hamburg dockworker with a booming voice and zero theoretical brilliance. He survived the brutal factional wars of the 1920s through one simple trick: absolute, unquestioning, and a little help from Stalin which he's deeply loyal to. He is deeply insecure about his lack of education. If a subordinate uses big words, quotes Marx better than he does, or suggests a nuanced strategy, Thälmann will accuse them of being a "bourgeois intellectual" and have them fired. He also blindly protects his corrupt friends (like John Wittorf) because admitting he trusted a thief would make him look weak. The Leverage: He is the Moscow connection. Stalin trusts him because he is not smart enough to be a threat. Challenge: If KPD leadership are not Thälmann, he will become Stalin’s commissar breathing down KPD's neck. If KPD's leadership suggest a logical alliance with the SPD to stop the SA, Thälmann will flip the table and wire Moscow that the KPD organizers are a traitor. If KPD leadership are with Thälmann, the challenge is being the one forced to execute orders you know are mathematically suicidal. Keywords: Loyalist, Anti-Intellectual, Moscow's Puppet, Social Fascism, Stubborn

39. #39(KPD) Heinz Neumann

    Keys: Heinz Neumann, advisor, radical, ultra-left, Moscow, Berlin, agitator

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    Title: Chief Ideologue / Mastermind of the Streets Faction: The Ultra-Left / The Street Fighters A bourgeois-born, multi-lingual intellectual who desperately wants to be a gritty street thug. He is the brains behind the KPD’s most aggressive, violent tactics. He believes that parliament is a joke and that the only way to win the working class is to physically conquer the streets through constant brawling. He is intensely arrogant and sneers at "boring" trade union work. He treats the working class like toy soldiers in his grand revolutionary sandbox. The Leverage: He controls the most radical, aggressive youth in the Roter Frontkämpferbund (RFB). If you need to smash a Nazi tavern, Neumann is your guy. The Management Challenge: He will go too far, and KPD will pay the price. (Historically, in 1931, Neumann ordered the assassination of two SPD-aligned Berlin police captains at Bülowplatz). He will launch unauthorized, lethal terror attacks against the democratic state, which forces the Prussian Police to ban KPD entirely as a political party, raid their offices, and confiscate their weapons. He starts wars they cannot finish. Keywords: Violent, Brilliant, Reckless, Assassinations, Loose Cannon

40. #40(KPD) Ernst Meyer

    Keys: Ernst Meyer, Conciliator, United Front, cooperation, anti-sectarian, reformist communist

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    Title: Leader of the Conciliators (Versöhnler) Faction: The Right-Opposition / Pragmatists A brilliant theoretician who looks at the rising Nazi poll numbers and realizes the KPD is driving off a cliff. He desperately argues against the "Social Fascism" doctrine. He begs the party to stop attacking the SPD and form a "United Front" to crush Hitler before it's too late. He is exhausted, suffering from tuberculosis, and communicates primarily through passive-aggressive theoretical essays that nobody in the street-brawling wing bothers to read. The Leverage: He is objectively, mathematically right. His strategy is the only one that actually works against the fascists.

    The Management Challenge: He is the ultimate trap. Listening to Meyer is the only way to save Germany. But if the KPD leadership listen to him, Moscow immediately cuts off all the funding, brands KPD a "Right-Deviationist," and orders the political execution. Either the KPD has to adapt and find some other way to fund themselves, or perform suicidal order from Moscow. Keywords: United Front, Reasonable, Anti-Fascist, Targeted, Tragic

41. #41(KPD) Willi Münzenberg

    Keys: Münzenberg, Red Millionaire, propaganda, media empire, International Workers' Relief, Conciliator

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    Title: Chief of Propaganda / Media Mogul Faction: The Internationalists An absolute anomaly. He is a communist who built a massive, highly profitable, independent media empire (newspapers, magazines, film studios). He hobnobs with Albert Einstein, Ernest Hemingway, and movie stars. He makes communism look incredibly cool and glamorous to the global intellectual elite. He loves living like a capitalist billionaire while preaching Marxism. He refuses to take orders from gritty thugs like Thälmann because they have "no taste" and don't understand public relations. The Leverage: He generates massive, untraceable domestic income and controls international public opinion. He runs the only KPD department that actually makes a profit. He will be the key for the KPD independent. The Management Challenge: Moscow hates him because they don't fund him, which means they can't control him. Stalin will constantly order KPD to rein Münzenberg in or seize his assets. KPD will have to defend a man who drives a luxury car and wears tailored suits to a base of starving, unemployed workers and hated by the men in Moscow.

    Keywords: Genius, Wealthy, Hollywood Connections, Untouchable, Independent

42. #42(KPD?) Osip Dzugashvili

    Keys: Stalin, Dzugashvili, Moscow, Kremlin, Comintern, Puppet Master, Social Fascism

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    THE MAN OF STEEL. He is distant, infallible, and his orders arrive via a cold telegraph machine. To disobey is game over. In 1928-1929, Stalin consolidates total power in the USSR. He declares the Comintern's "Third Period." According to Stalin, global capitalism is entering its final death spiral. Because capitalism is collapsing, the workers will naturally flock to the communists...Therefore, anyone trying to fix capitalism (like the SPD passing welfare laws) is delaying the revolution. This gives birth to the doctrine of "Social Fascism." The Social Democrats, and anyone tried to participate in democracy are the true enemy; the Nazis are just a temporary, loud symptom of capitalism dying! (this will come back to bite the KPD later, to no one's surprises). Though residing in the Kremlin, he is the ultimate "Puppet Master" of the KPD. He personally intervened in 1928 to save Thälmann from a corruption scandal, ensuring the KPD remained a loyal instrument of Soviet foreign policy. Managing the KPD means constantly navigating his erratic "zig-zag" orders, which prioritize Soviet internal security over the survival of the German Republic. He is terrified of another Trotsky. He views any KPD player who argues, debates, or questions an order as forming an "anti-Soviet faction." He covers his ruthless geopolitical needs in thick Marxist jargon. He will order the KPD to sabotage a German strike if it interrupts a shipment of German tractors heading to Moscow, but he will justify it as "protecting the international Vanguard." The KPD's organizer would recieve order directly, such as... 1929: The "Bloody May" Decree Berlin police (led by the SPD) violently break up an illegal KPD May Day parade. Stalin demands the KPD completely cut all personal, union, and political ties with anyone associated with the SPD. 1930: The Industrial Paradox (The Five-Year Plan) Stalin's massive industrialization project requires German heavy machinery (provided by the DVP/DNVP billionaires). Stalin's Order: The Comintern orders the KPD to stop organizing strikes in specific factories (like Krupp or Siemens) because those factories are currently fulfilling Soviet contracts. The KPD must actively walk into a factory of angry, radicalized workers and tell them to go back to work for their capitalist bosses. The KPD will take a massive hit to their "Street Trust" and must lie to their own base to satisfy Stalin's trade deals.

    1931: The Red Referendum (The Ultimate Humiliation) The Nazis and the DNVP launch a referendum to overthrow the democratic, SPD-led state government of Prussia. Stalin's Order: Stalin's Comintern orders the KPD to vote with the Nazis to destroy the SPD. When German communists protest that this helps Hitler, Moscow responds that "Hitler must take power so he can fail, paving the way for us." It will go well as you think. 1932: The "After Hitler, Our Turn" Delusion If the Nazis are winning massive electoral victories, SA controls the streets, the KPD's own intelligence network will be screaming that Hitler will put them all in camps. Stalin's Order: "Do not panic. Do not form a United Front. The fascist state will collapse economically in six months. Prepare to inherit the ruins." (it wouldn't) At this point, it is already too late to try to be independent from Moscow and the KPD leadership should just pack their bags.

43. #43(KPD) Clara Zetkin

    Keys: Clara Zetkin, RFMB, founding member, women's leader, Spartacus League, elder statesman

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    Title: Senior Reichstag Deputy / International Icon Faction: The Old Guard She was a personal friend of Lenin and Rosa Luxemburg. She is the revered grand dame of European communism. By 1928, she is elderly, nearly blind, but still possesses a voice that commands absolute silence in a room. She treats Thälmann, Neumann, and the younger leaders like foolish, undisciplined children, openly scolding them in committee meetings for their blind obedience to Moscow's worst ideas. The Leverage: She is a living myth. No one in the Left, not even anyone in the KPD, cannot purge her. Even Stalin wouldn't dare order the purge of Clara Zetkin, ever; the international backlash would be catastrophic.

    She openly defies the "Social Fascism" doctrine and demands a united front against Hitler. Because KPD cannot fire her, and KPD leadership are strictly forbidden by Moscow from agreeing with her, KPD must awkwardly sit in silence while she delivers brilliant, unassailable speeches that they are forced to completely ignore. (Historically, she delivered the opening anti-fascist speech of the 1932 Reichstag while surrounded by armed Nazis—a completely badass moment that the KPD leadership then entirely failed to capitalize on). Keywords: Legend, Feminist, Untouchable, Anti-Fascist, Ignored

44. #44(NSDAP) Adolf Hitler

    Keys: Hitler, Führer, Munich faction, oratory, Mein Kampf, charisma, Gefreiter, 16th Bavarian Reserve Infantry Regiment, 6th Bavarian Reserve Division, message-runner, Karl May, cowboys, Western novels

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    The party "Deputy" whose primary contribution is an "oratory talent" that serves as the movement's only real magnet for mass support. After the failed 1923 Putsch and a brief stint in Landsberg prison, he has officially adopted a "pseudo-legal" path to power. However, he is a "maximalist" who demands absolute control and refuses to participate in any government where he is not the Chancellor with full emergency powers. Managing him is a constant struggle against his "prima donna" tendencies and his willingness to launch an internal coup against anyone who challenges his "Hitler Myth" Adolf Hitler is obsessed with the cowboy novels of Karl May and frequently uses them to explain "tactical maneuvers" to the party leadership. During high-stakes strategy meetings about the Great Depression, Hitler will spend three hours explaining how the party should act like "Winnetou the Apache" to outsmart the SPD. If NSDAP leadership try to steer the conversation back to the actual budget, Hitler looks at them with pity and says: "You have the soul of a shopkeeper, whereas I have the soul of a frontiersman". As NSDAP leader, you must have significant knowledge on Karl May's cowboy novel to convince Hitler, or be branded as uncultured swine.

45. #45(NSDAP) Alfred Rosenberg

    Keys: Alfred Rosenberg, philosopher, unreadable, The Myth of the Twentieth Century, boredom, dissent, Rosenberg

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    Alfred Rosenberg was an ineffective temporary leader while Hitler was in prison (which is why he is impossible to remove), and he remains a primary source of party boredom. He insists that every party member read his dense, unreadable "philosophical" works like The Myth of the Twentieth Century (It is dense, unreadable, neo-pagan, pseudo-philosophical garbage. Even Hitler admitted he couldn't get past page 10.). He will demand the party leadership to fund "educational seminars" that are essentially mandatory book clubs. This causes high Internal Dissent, as the SA brawlers would rather be in a beer hall than listening to Rosenberg drone on about "blood and soil" for six hours.

46. #46(NSDAP) Rudolf Hess

    Keys: Rudolf Hess, Deputy Führer, Astrology, Pendulum, magnets, alternative medicine

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    Rudolf Hess, is a hardcore believer in homeopathy, astrology, and ley lines. He sleeps on a bed that must be perfectly aligned with magnetic north to avoid "earth rays." As the Deputy Führer, Hess is increasingly prone to making tactical decisions based on the movements of the stars. He famously employs "pendulum dowsers" to look at maps of electoral districts to find "favorable magnetic zones" for rallies. This often results in NSDAP holding massive, expensive events in tiny, irrelevant villages simply because the stars were aligned. Every time a campaign fails, Hess claims the "vibrations" were wrong, never blaming his own lack of political sense. Example: Hess declares that Mercury is in retrograde and the "bio-dynamic energies" of the venue are toxic. He legally cancels the entire rally. The NSDAP loses all the Actions spent planning it. If the leadership argues, Hess claims his pendulum is directly channeled to the Führer's will. And worst of all? Hitler agreed!

47. #47(NSDAP) Otto Strasser

    Keys: Otto Strasser, Strasserism, radical left-wing, Black Front, anti-Hitler

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    Chief Ideologue of the NSDAP Left-Wing Otto is their annoying younger brother. Otto genuinely believes the "Socialist" part of National Socialism. He hates capitalism, hates the DNVP, and wants to nationalize all industry. This makes everyone in the NSDAP want to choke him to death in his bed (they might). He is ideologically rigid and refuses to compromise. He views any moderation as treason. Every time someone try to look like a respectable, pro-business party to win middle-class votes, Otto publishes a fiery pamphlet demanding that the NSDAP expropriate the estates of the aristocracy and form a geopolitical alliance with Joseph Stalin. He is a walking PR disaster who constantly triggers the "Hugenberg Tax" and terrifies your donors. He absolutely despise Hitler.

48. #48(NSDAP) Übermensch Ernährung

    Keys: Vegetarianism, Hitler, purity, SA anger, diet, Übermensch, NSDAP dinner, NSDAP food, Göring wants an entire roasted boar, Hitler's diet, Hitler's food

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    itler’s personal commitment to vegetarianism becomes a party-wide misery. He constantly lectures the meat-eating SA leaders on how "corpse-eating" weakens the Aryan spirit. He may demand that party banquets serve only "purity-vetted" vegetables, which leads to near-mutiny among the Sturmabteilung (SA) who demand beer and sausages. NSDAP leader must spend their time mediating between a leader who thinks a carrot is "heroic" and a paramilitary force that thinks a meal without pork is a Marxist plot. Meanwhile, Göring wants an entire roasted boar. If the Party serves meat near Hitler, Hitler launches into a graphic, hour-long monologue about slaughterhouses that makes everyone vomit, ruining the diplomatic meeting.

49. #49(NSDAP) Gregor Strasser

    Keys: Gregor Strasser, Organizational Leader, Northern Germany, anti-capitalist, socialist wing, Strasserism

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    Northern Germany, anti-capitalist, socialist wing Content: The party’s Organizational Leader and head of the "Northern" faction. Unlike the Munich-based Hitler cult, Strasser focuses on building a disciplined electoral machine and winning over the working class from the SPD and KPD through highly anti-capitalist rhetoric. He is a pragmatist who is often willing to negotiate for coalition spots—such as the Vice-Chancellorship—making him the primary rival to Hitler’s absolute authority. His "Strasserite" wing is a constant threat to party unity and Hitler would really like this guy killed very much.

50. #50(NSDAP) Hjalmar Schacht

    Keys: Schacht, NSDAP Economic, Mefo

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    Title: (Eventual) President of the Reichsbank / Minister of Economics (When NSDAP get into power ONLY!) He is not a Nazi. He is an ultra-elitist, incredibly brilliant, stiff-collared financial genius who wears high-button collars from the 1890s. He thinks the Nazis are vulgar, uneducated peasants, but he believes he is smart enough to use them to destroy the Versailles Treaty (he isn't) He is the smartest man in the room and demands everyone acknowledge it. If someone attempt to suggest an economic policy, he will literally laugh in your face, call it "peasant math," and threaten to resign. NSDAP need him. The their economic platform is literally impossible (simultaneously promising socialism to workers and capitalism to billionaires). Schacht invents "Mefo bills" (a massive, illegal shell-game of fake money) to fund the party without causing inflation. The Trap: If Someone in the NSDAP try to audit him or see where the money is going, he instantly cuts off that guy's funding from the DVP industrialists. He holds the purse strings, and he never lets you forget it.

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