Gustav Noske
German politician
Died when: 78 years 144 days (940 months)Star Sign: Cancer
Gustav Noske (9 July 1868 – 30 November 1946) was a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (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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