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“Am 25. Mai 1930 erließ die preußische Regierung eine Verordnung, nach der es preußischen Beamten verboten war, Mitglied der NSDAP oder der Kommunistischen Partei Deutschlands (KPD) zu sein. Braun drängte seine Kollegen in der Reichsregierung, mit einem Verbot auf Reichsebene nachzuziehen. Reichsinnenminister Carl Severing (SPD) erklärte sich einverstanden und traf Vorbereitungen, die NSDAP als verfassungsfeindliche Organisation zu verbieten. Wenn diese Bemühungen Erfolg gehabt hätten, dann hätte das Kabinett verhindern können, dass Regierungsorganisationen (einschließlich der Reichswehr) von NSDAP-Mitgliedern unterwandert wurden. Außerdem hätte man eine Handhabe gegen die thüringische Landesregierung gehabt, wo die Ernennung des Nationalsozialisten Heinrich Frick zum Innenminister der Infiltrierung der Bürokratie mit Nationalsozialisten Tür und Tor geöffnet hatte.”

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Book:Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600–1947
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