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Death Grave of Hindenburg. Hindenburg remained in office until his death at the age of 86 from lung cancer at his home in Neudeck, East Prussia, on 2 August 1934. The day before, Hitler received word that Hindenburg was on his deathbed.
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The death of President Hindenburg Paul von Hindenburg was the president of the Weimar Republic from the 12 May 1925 until his death on the 2 August 1934. Courtesy of The Wiener Holocaust Library Collections.
With Hindenburg’s death on August 2, 1934, the last legal obstacle to Hitler’s complete power was gone. Hitler’s propaganda machine i mmediately suggested that the dead Hindenburg had been the Fuehrer’s strong supporter.
Paul von Hindenburg (born October 2, 1847, Posen, Prussia [now Poznań, Poland]—died August 2, 1934, Neudeck, Germany [now in Poland]) was a German field marshal during World War I and the second president of the Weimar Republic (1925–34).
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Aug 1, 2023 · In failing health, Hindenburg’s appointment essentially gave Hitler dictatorship powers, and when the president died at the age of 86 on August 2, 1934, Hitler appointed himself führer of ...
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August 02, 1934. Death of German President von Hindenburg. German President Paul von Hindenburg dies. With the support of the German armed forces, Hitler becomes President of Germany. Later that month Hitler abolishes the office of President and declares himself Führer of the German Reich and People, in addition to his position as Chancellor.
Aug 3, 2015 · From the archive, 3 August 1934: The death of President Hindenburg. Obituary of Paul von Hindenburg, whose handing over of the German republic to Adolf Hitler was surely one of the...
