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    Paul von Hindenburg

    Prussian-German field marshal of the German Empire, statesman and president of Weimar Germany and Nazi Germany

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  1. German Army Field Marshal, German President. Born in Posen, Duchy of Posen (now part of Poland), he served as a junior officer in the Prussian military wars with Austria in 1866 and with France from 1870 to 1871. In 1896, he became a General, but retired in 1911.

  2. 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. President Hindenburg died at the age of 87 on 2 August 1934.

  3. Aug 1, 2023 · Published: August 1, 2023. copy page link. Print Page. Estate of Emil Bieber/Klaus Niermann/Getty Images. Paul von Hindenburg was a significant and controversial political figure in German...

  4. Aug 3, 2015 · Obituary of Paul von Hindenburg, whose handing over of the German republic to Adolf Hitler was surely one of the greatest betrayals of the age. Mon 3 Aug 2015 00.30 EDT. President Hindenburg...

  5. Mar 13, 2024 · 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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  7. Paul von Hindenburg was born on 2 October 1847 in Posen, Prussia (now Poznan, Poland) into an aristocratic German family. During an honourable but undistinguished military career, he served in the ...

  8. Against Hindenburgs express wishes, Hitler saw that Germany’s great military hero was buried at the Tannenberg Memorial with Nazi pomp and circumstance. Legacy. Hindenburgs legacy has been mythologized to suggest that he was either a puppet of Hitler or was supportive of the authoritarian ruler.

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