German coalition government, 1928

German coalition government, 1928. Members of the Mueller Cabinet posing with one row seated and another standing behind them. They are talking amongst themselves. MCU, Hermann Mueller (left), Germany's new Chancellor, and Wilhelm Groener, Minister of Defense; pan left to Erich Koch-Weser. MLS showing most of them. Sitting, from left to right: Erich Koch-Weser, Hermann Mueller, Wilhelm Groener, Rudolf Wissell? Standing: Rudolf Hilferding, Julius Curtius, Carl Severing, Theodor von GuTrard. This was a grand coalition, reaching across the political spectrum, of the parties Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (SPD), Deutschen Volkspartei (DVP), Zentrum und Deutscher Demokratischer Partei (DDP) [Social Democratic Party, German Peoples Party, Center Party, German Democratic Party].