The representatives of the government were Post Minister Johannes Giesberts of the Centre Party and the Prussian agriculture minister Otto Braun of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).
The foundation stone for the new three-storied building was laid by Prime Minister Otto Braun on 24 November 1930, with construction costing 1,113,000 RM.
Otto von Bismarck | Wernher von Braun | Otto | Otto III | Otto Piene | Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor | Otto I | Otto Preminger | Otto II | Otto Dix | Eva Braun | Otto Natzler | Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor | Otto Binder | Otto Skorzeny | Otto Schenk | Otto of Brunswick | Otto Kerner, Jr. | Otto Steinbrinck | Otto Kerner | Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor | Otto IV | Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor | Otto Braun | Miranda Otto | Frei Otto | Otto-Werner Mueller | Otto Schmidt | Otto Muehl | Otto Lilienthal |
On the other hand, he argues that the leadership of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, from Friedrich Ebert to Otto Braun, was the strongest pillar of German democracy under the Weimar Republic.
Even after the Preußenschlag of July 1932 against Otto Braun's government in the Free State of Prussia, he spoke against a general strike; however after the Reichstag election of November 1932 he rejected any negotiations with the new Chancellor Kurt von Schleicher.