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Papen

American  
[pah-puhn] / ˈpɑ pən /

noun

  1. Franz von 1879–1969, German diplomat, statesman, and soldier.


Papen British  
/ ˈpaːpən /

noun

  1. Franz von (frants fɔn). 1879–1969, German statesman; chancellor (1932) and vice chancellor (1933–34) under Hitler, whom he was instrumental in bringing to power

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Others said they saw someone believed to have started the fire fleeing the scene, according to Pierce County Sheriff’s Department spokesperson Jeffrey Papen.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 27, 2021

From this group, only the former Vice-Chancellor and diplomat Franz von Papen, who had also served as German military atttaché in Washington D.C., was tried and acquitted in Nuremberg.

From Salon • Apr. 11, 2021

In other races, Senate President Papen was competing for the Democratic nomination for a sixth term against Carrie Hamblen and Tracy Perry, both of Las Cruces.

From Washington Times • May 29, 2020

Senate President Pro Tempore Mary Kay Papen says a number of Hispanic senators chair key committees.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 18, 2018

Evidence on which indictments were made against the men Crowley, Von Brincken, and a woman confederate aforementioned, named Captain von Papen, the German military attach�, as the director of the plot.

From The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 8) Battle of Jutland Bank; Russian Offensive; Kut-El-Amara; East Africa; Verdun; The Great Somme Drive; United States and Belligerents; Summary of Two Years' War by Churchill, Allen L. (Allen Leon)

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