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Gertrud Wilhelmine von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg (née von Sperling; 4 December 1860 – 14 May 1921) was a German noblewoman and philanthropist. She was the wife of Paul von Hindenburg , the Chief of the German Army Command in the second half of the First World War and President of Germany from 1925.
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Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg (pronounced [ˈpaʊl ˈluːtvɪç hans ˈantoːn fɔn ˈbɛnəkn̩dɔʁf ʔʊnt fɔn ˈhɪndn̩bʊʁk] ⓘ; abbreviated pronounced [ˈpaʊl fɔn ˈhɪndn̩bʊʁk] ⓘ; 2 October 1847 – 2 August 1934) was a German field marshal and statesman who led the Imperial German Army during ...
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Gertrud von Hindenburg wurde 1860 als Tochter des preußischen Generalmajors Oskar von Sperling (1814–1872) und dessen Ehefrau Pauline von Klaß geboren. Ihr älterer Bruder war der General der Infanterie Kurt von Sperling(1850–1914). In Stettin lernte Gertrud von Sperling Mitte der 1870er Jahre Paul von Hindenburg kennen, der dort dem Generalkommando...
Ludwig Hoppe: Das Herz des Hauses Hindenburg. Dem Gedächtnis einer edlen Deutschen Frau. Geschäftsstelle der Frau Gertrud von Hindenburg-Stiftung, 1928.
Hartmut Pogge von Strandmann: Walther Rathenau. Tagebuch 1907–1922, Düsseldorf 1967, S. 19. Siehe auch: L. Joseph Heid: Der preußisch-deutsche Jude (Memento vom 27. Juni 2008 im Internet Archive)...People also ask
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This chapter discusses the reinterpretation of Hindenburg in both German states after 1945. It shows that Hindenburg's role was soon reassessed by opinion makers: from ‘national saviour’ to the senile figure that ‘delivered’ Germany to Nazi rule.
His Higher Military Training began when he sat for and passed entry to the Kriegsakademie. He was subsequently appointed to the General Staff in 1878. He married Gertrud von Sperling in 1879 while stationed at Stettin. His wife was the daughter of General von Sperling; they had three children, a boy and two girls.
Gertrud von Hindenburg, the wife of Field Marshal, performed the launching ceremony (she can be seen on the platform). The launching of the battlecruiser SMS Hindenburg at Wilhelmshaven, 1 August 1915.
He married Gertrud von Sperling in 1879 while stationed at Strettin; they had three children, a boy and two girls. Hindenburg retired from the army 1911. The outbreak of the First World War led to his inevitable recall on 22 August 1914, being sent to the Eastern Front as Commander of East Prussia.
