Gustav Noske (9 July 1868 – 30 November 1946) was a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). He served as the first Minister of Defence (Reichswehrminister) of the Weimar Republic between 1919 and 1920. Noske has been a controversial figure because although he was a member of the socialist movement, he used army and paramilitary forces to bloodily suppress the socialist/communist uprisings of 1919.
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9 July 1868 Brandenburg an der Havel, Prussia
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Died |
30 November 1946 (aged 78) Hanover, British Zone of Occupation, Allied-occupied Germany
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Zodiac | Cancer |
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