Paul von Hindenburg |
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| 2ntPreses o Germany |
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In office
12 Mey 1925 – 2 August 1934 |
| Chancellor | Hans Luther
Wilhelm Marx
Hermann Müller
Heinrich Brüning
Franz von Papen
Kurt von Schleicher
Adolf Hitler |
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| Precedit bi | Friedrich Ebert |
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| Succeedit bi | Adolf Hitler(asFührer)
Karl Dönitz(as President) |
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| Chief o the German General Staff |
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In office
29 August 1916 – 3 Julie 1919 |
| Monarch | Wilhelm II |
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| Preses | Friedrich Ebert |
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| Precedit bi | Erich von Falkenhayn |
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| Succeedit bi | Wilhelm Groener |
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| Personal details |
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| Born | Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg
2 October 1847(1847-10-02)
Posen,Duchy o Posen,Proushie
(nouPoznań,Greater Poland Voivodeship,Poland) |
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| Dee'd | 2 August 1934(1934-08-02) (aged 86)
Neudeck nearRosenberg,East Proushie,Nazi Germany(nouOgrodzieniec nearSusz,Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship,Poland) |
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| Poleetical pairty | Independent |
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| Spoose(s) | Gertrud von Hindenburg |
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| Bairns | Oskar von Hindenburg,
Irmengard Pauline von Hindenburg,
Annemaria von Hindenburg |
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| Religion | Lutheranism |
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| Awairds | Pour le Mérite |
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| Signatur |  |
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| Militar service |
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| Allegiance |  Proushie
 German Empire
 Weimar Republic |
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| Years o service | 1866-1911, 1914-1919 |
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| Rank |  Generalfeldmarschall |
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| Battles/wars | Austro-Proushie War,
Franco-Proushie War,
Warld War I |
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Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg (
listen (help·info)), kent universally asPaul von Hindenburg (German: [ˈpaʊl fɔn ˈhɪndn̩bʊɐ̯k] (
listen); 2 October 1847 – 2 August 1934) wos aGeneralfeldmarschall an statesman that commanded the German militar in the seicont hauf oWarld War I afore later bein electitPreses o the Weimar republic in 1925. He played a key role in the Nazi"Seizur o Pouer" in Januar 1933 whan, unner pressur, he appyntitAdolf Hitlerchancellor o a "Govrenment o Naitional Concentration", even tho the Nazis war a minority in cabinet.
Hindenburg reteert frae the airmy for the first time in 1911, but wis recawed shortly efter the ootbreak o Warld War I in 1914. He first cam tae naitional attention at the age o 66 as the veector o the decisiveBattle o Tannenberg in August 1914. Upon bein named Germany'sChief o the General Staff in August 1916, his popularity amang the German public increased exponentially tae the pynt o giein rise tae an undeemouspersonality cult. AsKaiser Wilhelm II increasinly delegatit his pouer as Supreme Warlaird tae theGerman heich command, Hindenburg an his deputeErich Ludendorff ultimately formed ade factomilitar dictatorship that dominatit German policymakkin for the rest o the war.
Hindenburg reteert again in 1919, but returned tae public life in 1925 tae be electit the seicont Preses o Germany. In 1932, Hindenburg wis persuadit tae run for re-election as German Preses, awtho 84 year auld an in puir heal, acause he wis conseedert the anerly candidate that coud defeat Hitler. Hindenburg wis re-electit in arunaff. He wis opponed tae Hitler an wis a major player in the increasin poleetical instability in theWeimar Republic that endit wiHitler's rise tae pouer. He dissowled the Reichstag twice in 1932 an feenally, unner pressur, greed tae appynt HitlerChancellor o Germany in Januar 1933. Hindenburg did this tae satisfee Hitler's demands that he shoud play a pairt in the Weimar Govrenment, syne Hitler wis the leader o the Nazi pairty that haed wan the lairgest plurality in the November 1932 elections (na pairty achieved a majority). In Februar, he signed aff on theReichstag Fire Decree, that suspendit variousceevil liberties, an in Mairch he signed theEnablin Act o 1933, that gae Hitler's regime arbitrar pouers. Hindenburg dee'd the follaein year, efter that Hitler declared himsel Führer, or supreme leader, that supersedit baith the Preses an Chancellor.
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