In the Preußenschlag, German President Hindenburg places Prussia directly under the rule of the national government.

1932 Prussian coup d'état

Takeover by German chancellor von Papen

The 1932 Prussian coup d'état or Preußenschlag 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…