Ludwig Kaas
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Ludwig Kaas was a German Catholic priest who led the Centre Party during Hitler's rise to power in the Weimar Republic. Alongside Eugenio Pacelli, his longtime friend, he was instrumental in brokering the Reichskonkordat between the Holy See and the German Reich.
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Kaas c. 1919
1930 Zentrum electoral poster featuring Kaas (bottom right)
Kaas speaks before the Reichstag, 1930![The signing of the Reichskonkordat on 20 July 1933 in Rome (from left to right: German prelate Ludwig Kaas, German Vice-Chancellor Franz von Papen, Secretary of Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs Giuseppe Pizzardo, Cardinal Secretary of State Eugenio Pacelli, Alfredo Ottaviani, and member of Reichsministerium des Inneren [Home Office] Rudolf Buttmann)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-R24391%2C_Konkordatsunterzeichnung_in_Rom%2C_1933.jpg/1280px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-R24391%2C_Konkordatsunterzeichnung_in_Rom%2C_1933.jpg)
The signing of the Reichskonkordat on 20 July 1933 in Rome (from left to right: German prelate Ludwig Kaas, German Vice-Chancellor Franz von Papen, Secretary of Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs Giuseppe Pizzardo, Cardinal Secretary of State Eugenio Pacelli, Alfredo Ottaviani, and member of Reichsministerium des Inneren [Home Office] Rudolf Buttmann)Politicians from Germany 6
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Type
Politician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1881 to 1952 · aged 70
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