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Papen

American

[pah-puhn] / ˈpɑ pən /

noun

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

Papen British

/ ˈpaːpən /

noun

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

Papen is being challenged in the Democratic primary by Tracy Lynn Perry and Carrie Hamblen.

From Washington Times • Mar. 10, 2020

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

From Seattle Times • Jan. 18, 2018

In most of these cases the name of Captain Karl Boy-Ed, the German naval attach�, or Captain Franz von Papen, the German military attach�, figured persistently.

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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