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House of Hindenburg in Posen ( Poznań) on Podgórna Street (former Hindenburgstrasse) Paul von Hindenburg as a cadet in Wahlstatt (1860) Hindenburg was born in Posen, Prussia, the son of Prussian junker Hans Robert Ludwig von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg (1816–1902) and his wife Luise Schwickart (1825–1893), [1] the daughter of ...
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Paul von Hindenburg was born to an aristocratic Prussian family in 1847. Following in his father’s footsteps, he became an army officer. Hindenburg fought as a young lieutenant in the Austro-Prussian War in 1866 and in the and Franco-Prussian War in 1870-1871. After serving with distinction in battle, he joined the prestigious German General ...
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President Hindenburg died at the age of 87 on 2 August 1934. Shortly after Hindenburg’s death, Hitler announced that offices of the chancellor and the president were to be combined to create one position, the Führer and chancellor. Hitler announced that he would occupy this new role.
May 22, 2015 · Paul von Hindenburg. Paul von Hindenburg was born in 1847 and died in 1934. He was Weimar Germany’s second president, after Ebert, and he led the nation through the catastrophe of the Wall Street Crash. Hindenburg dismissed the last hope Weimar really had – Heinrich Brüning – and he appointed Hitler chancellor on January 30th 1933, as ...
Jan 25, 2022 · Retired field marshal Paul von Hindenburg served as German president for nine years beginning in 1925. While in office, he and his nationalist, right-wing coalition hoped to use the up-and-coming Adolf Hitler to undermine the Weimar Republic and democracy. The results were disastrous for Germany and the world. (Image source: WikiMedia Commons)
Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg (2 October 1847 – 2 August 1934) was a German field marshal and statesman . Hindenburg retired from the army in 1911. He rejoined the German army at the start of the First World War. He became famous when he won the Battle of Tannenberg in 1914.
Aug 3, 2015 · From the archive, 3 August 1934: The death of President Hindenburg. President Hindenburg served three Germanys in their turn - the Empire of the Hohenzollerns, the Republic, and the Third Realm ...
