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2 days ago · During his presidency, he played a key role in the Nazi seizure of power in January 1933 when, under pressure from his advisers, he appointed Adolf Hitler as chancellor of Germany. [1] Hindenburg was born to a family of minor Prussian nobility in Posen .
- 1866–1911, 1914–1918
- Independent
- 3, including Oskar
1 day ago · Role in Hitler's government. Support for the party continued to grow, but neither of these elections led to a majority government. In an effort to stabilise the country and improve economic conditions, Hindenburg appointed Hitler as Reich chancellor on 30 January 1933.
- Suicide
- Nazi Party (1924–1945)
2 days ago · Papen, his successor Kurt von Schleicher and the nationalist press magnate Alfred Hugenberg spent December and January in political intrigues that eventually persuaded President Hindenburg that it was safe to appoint Hitler as Reich Chancellor, at the head of a cabinet including only a minority of Nazi ministers—which he did on 30 January 1933.
- 24 February 1920; 103 years ago
- Nazism
- Brown House, Munich, Germany
- Far-right
2 days ago · The analysis of Nazi aesthetic politics as a whole appears at times overly simplistic (the bibliography is extremely sparse)—or even flawed, as in the case of the author’s account of the genesis of the Nazi philhellenist aesthetic, which was, in fact, rooted far more firmly in the tradition of Winckelmann than that of Schiller (cf. pp. 92ff ...
4 days ago · Larry E. Jones, professor of history at Canisius College, will present a public lecture on his new book, Hitler versus Hindenburg: The 1932 Presidential Elections and the End of the Weimar Republic (Cambridge University Press, 2016), on Wednesday, March 8, from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. in Bulger Communication Center West 2. With a series of path ...
5 days ago · (A speculative book and a 1975 film about the zeppelin attributed the fire to anti-Nazi sabotage, although little evidence of sabotage was found.) The footprint of the crash, on a vast, flat ...
10 hours ago · Hitler’s various maneuvers resulted in the winner, Paul von Hindenburg, appointing him chancellor in January 1933. The following month the Reichstag fire occurred, and it provided an excuse for a decree overriding all guarantees of freedom.
