Otto Braun
The Free State of Prussia's democratic government was overthrown in the in 1932, placing the state under direct rule in a led by Chancellor and forcing Minister-President Otto Braun from office. The establishment of Nazi Germany in 1933 began the process, ending legal challenges to the and placing Prussia under the direct rule of the National Socialist German Workers' Party, with as Minister-President. In 1934, all German states were replaced by the system and converted to rudimentary bodies, effectively ending Prussia as a single territorial unit of Germany. After the end of World War II in 1945, Otto Braun approached Allied officials in occupied Germany to reinstate the legal Prussian government, but was rejected and Prussia was abolished in 1947.