1931 Prussian Landtag referendum

The Prussian Landtag referendum 1931 was a referendum to dissolve the Prussian Landtag or parliament held on the initiative of Der Stahlhelm ex-servicemen's organisation with the support of the Nazi Party and the German Communist Party.[1]

Stahlhelm rally in Lustgarten, Berlin, March 1931

The referendum was held on 9 August 1931 and required 13.2 million votes to succeed. However they only gained 9.8 million votes, and thus the referendum failed.[2]:120

References
  1. Harsch, Donna (2000). German Social Democracy and the Rise of Nazism. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. p. 129.
  2. Kolb, Eberhard (2005). The Weimar Republic. Abingdon: Routledge.
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