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General Otto Loeffler

23 Jun 1920

SECRET. 263 269 JUN 28 1920 GERMANY. In reply quote NUMBER and DATE. 206351 Political Report. CX/4628. V. From our Representative. Rotterdam, 16.6.20. GENERAL OTTO LOEFFLER. Otto Loeffler, Lieutenant General on half pay, occupies a special position among the retired generals of the old Germany army. After Germany's collapse he worked as a miner for several months and in this way he became acquainted with the privations of the working people. Subsequently he joined the German Democratic Party and developed a prominent activity as political writer and orator in Democratic meetings. He published two pamphlets entitled: "The Causes of the German Collapse" and "For Our Future, a 'reveille' in German Distress". Recently he published a remarkable article in the "Frankfurter Zeitung" in which he discussed the question of Germany's disarmament and of the German Reichsnehr in general. At present, he is travelling round Germany on behalf of the German Democratic Party and giving lectures mostly on army problems. These lectures are very well attended and meet with great success almost everywhere. He is an opponent of the Reichswehr which he considers as a steady source of unrest and countern revolutionary risings (Putsche).
germany disarmament demobilisation political parties veterans coup d'état military morale military organisation military officers the peace settlement and occupation german press military, disarmament, and rearmament deutsches heer frankfurter zeitung counter-revolution reichswehr deutsche demokratische partei
Collection ID
FO371
Document Reference
FO 371/3787/56
Document Types
Report
File Reference
FO 371/3787
Former Department Reference
Code 18 / Code W18 File 4232 (papers 203862 – end) – 12945
Identifier
10.1080/wng.fo371.003787.056
Keywords
Counter-Revolution Coup D'état Demobilisation Disarmament German Press Military Morale Military Officers Military Organisation Political Parties Veterans
Language
English
Organizations Discussed
Deutsche Demokratische Partei Deutsches Heer Frankfurter Zeitung Reichswehr
Published in
United Kingdom
Series
Germany: Communism, Political Unrest, and Miscellaneous
Themes
Military, Disarmament, and Rearmament The Peace Settlement and Occupation

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